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Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla
Book Image

Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla

Overview of this book

For more than three decades, Java has been on the forefront of developing robust software that has helped versatile businesses meet their requirements. Being one of the most widely used programming languages in history, it’s imperative for Java developers to discover effective ways of using it in order to take full advantage of the power of the latest Java features. Java 11 Cookbook offers a range of software development solutions with simple and straightforward Java 11 code examples to help you build a modern software system. Starting with the installation of Java, each recipe addresses various problem by explaining the solution and offering insights into how it works. You’ll explore the new features added to Java 11 that will make your application modular, secure, and fast. The book contains recipes on functional programming, GUI programming, concurrent programming, and database programming in Java. You’ll also be taken through the new features introduced in JDK 18.3 and 18.9. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills required to write robust, scalable, and optimal Java code effectively.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Using standard functional interfaces

In this recipe, you will learn what a functional interface is and why it was added to Java, along with 43 ready-to-use functional interfaces of the standard Java library that comes with JDK 8 in the java.util.function package.

Without functional interfaces, the only way to pass a functionality into a method would be through writing a class, creating its object, and then passing it as a parameter. But even the least involved style—using an anonymous class—requires writing too much code. Using functional interfaces helps to avoid all of that.

Getting ready

Any interface that has one and only one abstract method is called a functional interface. To help avoid a runtime error...