Java Posse #451

Roundup ‘14 - Effective Java 8

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• Default Methods in Interfaces

• http://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs/java-8-revealed-lambdas-default-methods-and-bulk-data-operations/

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.html

• Single Abstract Methods

• http://java.dzone.com/articles/introduction-functional-1

• http://java2practice.com/2014/03/16/java-8-functional-interface-example/

• Generalized Target Type Inference

• http://blog.jooq.org/2013/11/25/a-lesser-known-java-8-feature-generalized-target-type-inference/

• Optional type

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/java8-optional-2175753.html

• Futures

• http://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs/monadic-futures-in-java8/

• http://download.java.net/lambda/b88/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/Future.html

• http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/05/java-8-definitive-guide-to-completablefuture.html

• Method Handles (Java 7)

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.html

• Java FX revamped for Java 8

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javase-clienttechnologies.htm

• Java 8 Streams

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/package-summary.html

• http://www.javaworld.com/article/2095503/java-se/uses-and-limitations-of-the-stream-api-in-java-8.html

• Java 8 Date/Time

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-date-time-2125367.html

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