Modern Java Recipes: Simple Solutions to Difficult Problems in Java 8 and 9

Need simple solutions to specific challenges with Java 8 and Java 9? This book of practical recipes provides a quick, easy reference for developers who prefer useful examples over detailed explanations. Modern Java Recipes shows you how to solve a wide range of problems using the newest features of Java.

• Learn functional programming with lambdas, method references, and streams
• Adopt the new static and default methods in interfaces
• Work with the new set of functional interfaces added to the language
• Use collectors and comparators to search, filter, and sort data
• Employ the new Optional type and use it correctly
• Understand the new java.time package to handle Date and Time functionality, including time zone adjustments
• Use the Java Read-Eval-Print-Loop in Java 9
• Employ the new Jigsaw mechanism to modularize deployables

Table of Contents

Chapter 1, The Basics
Chapter 2, The java.util.function Package
Chapter 3, Streams
Chapter 4, Comparators and Collectors
Chapter 5, Issues with Streams, Lambdas, and Method References
Chapter 6, The Optional Type
Chapter 7, File I/O
Chapter 8, The java.time Package
Chapter 9, Parallelism and Concurrency
Chapter 10, Java 9 Additions
Appendix A, Generics and Java 8