Intermediate level, for programmers fairly familiar with Java, but new to the functional style of programming and lambda expressions.
Get ready to program in a whole new way. Functional Programming in Java will help you quickly get on top of the new, essential Java 8 language features and the functional style that will change and improve your code. This short, targeted book will help you make the paradigm shift from the old imperative way to a less error-prone, more elegant, and concise coding style thats also a breeze to parallelize. Youll explore the syntax and semantics of lambda expressions, method and constructor references, and functional interfaces. Youll design and write applications better using the new standards in Java 8 and the JDK.
