List/Grid Tag Archives: Java 8
Introduction to Functional Interfaces – A concept recreated in Java 8
Any java developer around the world would have used at least one of the following interfaces: java.lang.Runnable, java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.Comparator, java.util.concurrent.Callable. ...
Introduction to Default Methods (Defender Methods) in Java 8
We all know that interfaces in Java contain only method declarations and no implementations and any non-abstract class implementing the interface had to provide the implementation. ...
Java Collections API Quirks
So we tend to think we’ve seen it all, when it comes to the Java Collections API. We know our ways around Lists, Sets, Maps, Iterables, Iterators. We’re ready for Java 8?s Collections ...
Using Lambda Expression to sort a List in Java 8 using Netbeans Lambda Support
As part of JSR 335 Lambda expressions are being introduced to the Java language from Java 8 onwards and this is a major change in the Java language. If you want to learn more about ...
Recent Java 8 News
Java 8 developments are starting to dominate the news again. Recent posts cover extending Milestone 7 of JDK 8 to ensure its feature complete, the Date/Time API now available in Java ...
Java 8: From PermGen to Metaspace
As you may be aware, the JDK 8 Early Access is now available for download. This allows Java developers to experiment with some of the new language and runtime features of Java 8. One ...
Java – far sight look at JDK 8
The world is changing slowly but surely. After the changes that gave java a fresher look with JDK 7, the java community is looking forward to the rest of the improvements that will ...
Project Jigsaw: The Consequences of Deferring
Mr. Mark Reinhold has announced in July 2012 that they were planning to withdraw Project Jigsaw from Java 8 because Jigsaw would delay its release, planned for September 2013 (One ...
Java 8: Testing the Lambda Water
Java 8 is about a year away and comes with a language feature I really look forward to: Lambda Expression. Sadly the other big feature, Modules for the Java Platform, has been delayed ...
Plan B? That is Plan N … Nothing. Jigsaw follows in 2015
What a day. When the typical European is winding down people in the States are starting with coffee. This is why I had a good night sleep over the recent news by Mark Reinhold. In a ...
