Java 8 features

Features.java

public class Features {

    // made it static so it can be called from main
    private static int addOne(int value) {
        return ++value;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // ==================== Functional interfaces and lambdas ====================

        /**
         *  Predicate =>      takes one argument and returns a boolean
         *  Consumer =>       accepts a single argument with no return value (accept)
         *  Function =>       accepts a single argument and produces a result (apply)
         *  Supplier =>       represents a supply of results
         *  UnaryOperator =>  single argument with a return value
         *  BinaryOperator => takes teo arguments and returns one
         */


        /*
        Predicates are Boolean valued functions of one argument meaning they take in one argument, use a test method to evaluate it and return either true or false.
        */
        Predicate<String> stringLen  = (s)-> s.length() < 10;
        System.out.println(stringLen.test("Apples") + " - Apples is less than 10");


        /*
        The Consumer interface consumes the argument. It accepts a single argument and does not return a result.
        Consumer uses accept method
        */
        Consumer<String> consumerStr = (s) -> System.out.println(s.toLowerCase());
        consumerStr.accept("ABCDefghijklmnopQRSTuvWxyZ");

        /*
        Function which transforms a value from one type to another.
        It accepts one argument and produces a result.
        */
        Function<Integer,String> converter = (num)-> Integer.toString(num);
        System.out.println("length of 26: " + converter.apply(26).length());

        /*
        Supplier supplies a value.
        It produces a result of a given type.
        Unlike Functions, Suppliers do not accept arguments but they do return a result.
        */
        Supplier<String> s  = ()-> "Java is fun";
        System.out.println(s.get());

        /*
        BinaryOperator interface takes two arguments and returns one
        */
        BinaryOperator<Integer> add = (a, b) -> a + b;
        System.out.println("add 10 + 25: " + add.apply(10, 25));

        /*
        UnaryOperator interface takes a single argument and returns a single value.
        */
        UnaryOperator<String> str  = String::toUpperCase;
        System.out.println(str.apply("This is my message in upper case"));

        /*
          Output:
          true - Apples is less than 10
          abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
          length of 26: 2
          Java is fun
          add 10 + 25: 35
          THIS IS MY MESSAGE IN UPPER CASE
        *
        *
        * */


        // BiFunction< 1ST PARAM TYPE, 2ND PARAM TYPE, RETURN TYPE>
        BiFunction<String, String, Integer> biFunction = (a, b) -> Integer.valueOf(a) + Integer.valueOf(b);
        System.out.println(biFunction.apply("2", "2"));

        Greeting greet = name -> System.out.println("Hi, " + name);
        greet.sayHi("GG");

        Calculator addition = (a,b) -> a + b;
        Calculator substraction = (a,b) -> a - b;
        Calculator division = (a,b) -> (b != 0 ? a / b : 0);
        Calculator multiplication = (a,b) -> a * b;

        // ==================== Method references ====================

        IntFunction<String> intToString = num -> Integer.toString(num);
        System.out.println("expected value 3, actual value: " +
                intToString.apply(123).length());

        //static method reference using ::
        IntFunction<String> intToString2 = Integer::toString;
        System.out.println("expected value 4, actual value:  " +
                intToString2.apply(4567).length());

        //lambdas made using a constructor
        Function<String, BigInteger> newBigInt = BigInteger::new;
        System.out.println("expected value: 123456789, actual value: "+
                newBigInt.apply("123456789"));

        //example of a lambda made from an instance method
        Consumer<String> print = System.out::println;
        print.accept("Coming to you directly from a lambda...");

        //these two are the same using the static method concat
        UnaryOperator<String> greeting = x -> "Hello, ".concat(x);
        System.out.println(greeting.apply("World"));

        UnaryOperator<String> makeGreeting = "Hello, "::concat;
        System.out.println(makeGreeting.apply("Peggy"));

        Function<Integer, Integer> func = Test::addOne;
        // same as : Function<Integer, Integer> func = (value) -> addOne(value);
        System.out.println(func.apply(1));


        // ==================== Collection API ====================

        /*

        Set - a collection that does not contain duplicates
        List - an ordered collection based on the way the user entered the data
        Map - an object that maps keys to values.

        Streams operations are either intermediate or terminal
        */
    }

    @FunctionalInterface
    interface Greeting {
        void sayHi(String name);
    }

    @FunctionalInterface
    interface Calculator {
        int calc(int a, int b);
    }

}