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Java 8 Lambda Expressions with examples and Rules

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A quick guide to how to use lambda expressions and core rules to write the effective lambda expressions in java 8.

Introduction:


Java 8 is first released in 2014 and introduced lot of new features. Lambda expressions are the most significant change in java 8 version.
As of java 7, Oracle/Sun people have given importance to the object oriented programming languages but in java 8, they have introduced functional programming to compete with other programming languages such as Scala, C# etc.




Java 8 Lambda Expressions with examples and Rules


What is Lambda Expression?


Any function which is having no name is called as Lambda expression. Which is also called as anonymous function.


Rules:


1) function should not have access modifier
2) Should not have any return type (even void also not allowed)
3) Should not have name for function
4) Should use arrow symbol "->"

We will see now a few examples how to convert normal java fucntions to lambda expression.


Example 1:


Before java 8:


 public void print() {
  System.out.println("Hello World");
 }

In java 8:


() -> {
  System.out.println("Hello World");
   };
 Please observe here, we have remvoed fucntion access modifier (public), return type(void) and method name (print) in the lambda expression and added -> symbol. Note: If method body has only statement then curly braces are optional. Curly braces are mandetory if multiple statements are present in the method body. we can rewrite the above lambda expression as below.
() -> System.out.println("Hello World");


Example 2:


Before java 8:

public void sum(int a, int b) {
  System.out.println("sum :" + (a + b));
 }
 
In java 8:

(int a, int b) -> System.out.println("sum :" + (a + b));

Example 3: Finding the length of string Before java 8:


public int getLength(String value) {
  return value.length();
 }
 
In java 8:

(String value) -> {
   return value.length();
  };  

Lambda Expressions Thumb Rules:

The following are the main rules in creating and using the lambda expressions.


1) Parameters are optional. It can be zero or more.

() -> {System.out.println("Hello World");};
(int a) -> {System.out.println("value "+a);};

2) If no parameters are available then need to use empty parenthesis ().

() -> {System.out.println("Hello World");};

3) If we have multiple parameters then need to separate them with comma(,)

(int a, int b) -> System.out.println("sum "+(a+b));

4) if body has only statement then curly braces are optional.

(int a) -> System.out.println("value "+a);

5) if body has more than one statement then curly braces are mandatory.


() -> {
System.out.println("Hello World");};
System.out.println("value "+a);
  };

6) parameter type(s) is optional. No need to declare manually because compile can expect based on the context. 

(a) -> System.out.println("value "+a);
(a, b) -> System.out.println("sum "+(a+b));

7) If only one parameter is available then parenthesis are optional.

(int a) -> {System.out.println("value "+a);};
The above can be rewritten as a -> {System.out.println("value "+a);};

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