Java 8 was released by Oracle after 2 Years 7 Months 18 Days of release of java 7 on March 18th, 2014. However, after Java 1.5 version, Java 8 is the next major release version. Before Java 8, Sun community focused majorly on objects, but in Java 8 version, Oracle community has focused more on functional programming to bring its benefits to the Java language. However, it doesn’t mean that Java is a functional oriented programming language, but we should grasp it in a way that we can apply functional aspects of programming as well now with Java 8. It is a part of Java 8, as an object oriented programming. Here, we will discuss new Java 8 Features one by
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Lambda Expression In Java
Lambda Calculus is a big change in mathematical world which has been introduced in 1930. Because of benefits of Lambda Calculus slowly this concept started being used in the programming world. “LISP” is the first programming which used Lambda Expression. Simultaneously, some other languages are already using lambda expressions such as : C, C++, C# .Net, C Objective, Python, Ruby and obviously Java as well. However, our topic of discussion is 'Lambda Expression in Java'. Lambda Expression in Java is one of the crucial feature within the new features introduced in Java 8. Let's start discussing 'Lambda Expression in Java' and related concepts step by step. Why we use Lambda Expression in Java? The primary Objective of introducing Lambda Expression is to promote