This tutorial demonstrates the power of lambda expressions by contrasting implementations of a mathematical example using C++, Java without lambdas, and Java 8 with lambda expressions.

For example, suppose I specified the following code fragment, which passes the previous lambda as an argument to the java.lang.Thread class’s Thread(Runnable target) constructor: ...

The goal of a lambda expression in Java is to implement a single method. All Java methods have an argument list and a body, so it should come as no surprise that these two elements are an important ...

Many developers get intimidated when they look at all the new APIs that accept lambda expressions as arguments, and wonder how they’ll ever figure out which Java function to use and what the proper ...

Project Lambda and Project Jigsaw The big language features for Java SE 8 are lambda expressions (closures) and default methods (formerly called defender methods or virtual extension methods).