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Java: The Complete Reference, Eleventh Edition, 11th Edition
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Java: The Complete Reference, Eleventh Edition, 11th Edition

by Herbert Schildt
December 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1248 pages
33h 55m
English
McGraw-Hill
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CHAPTER

29

The Stream API

Of the many new features recently added to Java, two of the most important are lambda expressions and the stream API. Lambda expressions were described in Chapter 15. The stream API is described here. As you will see, the stream API is designed with lambda expressions in mind. Moreover, the stream API provides some of the most significant demonstrations of the power that lambdas bring to Java.

Although its design compatibility with lambda expressions is impressive, the key aspect of the stream API is its ability to perform very sophisticated operations that search, filter, map, or otherwise manipulate data. For example, using the stream API, you can construct sequences of actions that resemble, in concept, the type ...

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ISBN: 9781260440249