Lambda expressions are new to Java SE 8, and in my opinion they are the most significant language features debuting in this version.

The next tutorial in the Java 101 series will introduce method references, which you can combine with lambda expressions to write even more concise, readable Java code.

This article explores some of Java 8’s new features, using both Java’s proposed syntax and Scala. We cover lambda expressions, higher-order functions, parallel collections and virtual ...

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 ...

The functional Predicate interface gets used extensively by the Java 8 Streams API. Any developer who wants to master functional programming in Java will need to be comfortable with the Predicate ...

Instana now claims to be the only solution to provide automatic native tracing of all 4 languages on Lambda. Lambda expression, which adds closures and related features to the Java language to support ...