Functional Programming in Java

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Why Functional Programming?

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

Chapter 1. What is functional programming?

1.1. What is functional programming?

1.2. Writing useful programs with no side effects

1.3. How referential transparency makes programs safer

1.4. The benefits of functional programming

1.5. Using the substitution model to reason about programs

1.6. Applying functional principles to a simple example

1.7. Pushing abstraction to the limit

1.8. Summary

Chapter 2. Using functions in Java

2.1. What is a function?

2.1.1. Functions in the real world

2.2. Functions in Java

2.2.1. Functional methods

2.2.2. Java functional interfaces and anonymous classes

2.2.3. Composing ...