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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