Java Closures and Lambda introduces you to significant new changes to the Java language coming
out of what is termed Project Lambda. These new changes make their debut in Java 8 and their
highlight is the long-awaited support for lambda expressions in the Java language. You'll learn
to write lambda expressions and use them to create functional interfaces and default methods
for evolving APIs among many other uses. The changes in Java 8 are significant. Syntax and
usage of the language are changed considerably with the introduction of closures and lambda
expressions. This book takes you through these important changes from introduction to mastery.
Through a set of clear examples you'll learn to refactor existing code to take advantage of
the new language features. You'll learn what those features can do for you and when they are
best applied. You'll learn to design and write new code having these important new features in
mind from the very beginning. Clearly explains the fantastic benefits resulting from Project
Lambda Explains the syntax and IDE support for the new features Shows how to streamline your
code by bringing some of the benefits of functional programming to the Java language
Illustrates parallelism in closures through Stream and Spliterator objects Explains API
evolution by adding methods to existing interfaces without breaking existing interface
implementations a technique addressing potential multiple inheritance issues
