Java 17 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

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J. Juneau, L. ManelliJava 17 Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7963-2_6

6. Lambda Expressions

Josh Juneau¹   and Luciano Manelli²

(1)

Hinckley, IL, USA

(2)

TARANTO, Taranto, Italy

 

A convenient way to create anonymous functions is using the lambda expressions using an expression or series of statements. Lambda expressions are built on functional interfaces, which contain a single abstract method, and that method has no implementation.

They can be applied in many contexts, ranging from simple anonymous functions to sorting and filtering collections. Moreover, lambda expressions can be assigned to variables and then passed into other objects.

In this chapter, ...