Java 8 in action : lambdas, streams, and functional-style programming

• Main Authors: Urma, Raoul-Gabriel (Author), Fusco, Mario, 1974- (Author), Mycroft, Alan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Shelter Island : Manning, [2015]
• Subjects: Java 8 (programovací jazyk); objektově orientované jazyky; objektově orientované programování; Java 8; object-oriented programming languages; object-oriented programming; příručky; handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBN: 9781617291999
• Physical Description: xxviii, 394 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals
• Java 8: why should you care?
• Passing code with behavior parameterization
• Lambda expressions
• Functional-style data processing
• Introducing streams
• Working with streams
• Collecting data with streams
• Parallel data processing and performance
• Effective Java 8 programming
• Refactoring, testing, and debugging
• Default methods
• Using Optional as a better alternative to null
• CompletableFuture: composable asynchronous programming
• New Date and Time API
• Beyond Java
• Thinking functionally
• Functional programming techniques
• Blending OOP and FP: comparing Java 8 and Scala
• Conclusions and where next for Java
• Appendix A. Miscellaneous language updates
• Appendix B. Miscellaneous library updates
• Appendix C. Performing multiple operations in parallel on a stream
• Appendix D. Lambdas and JVM bytecode.