Sunday, December 6, 2020

Note: Functional Interfaces in Java

 (source: Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient: Programming with Lambdas - 3.3. Choosing a Functional Interface)

Common Functional Interfaces

Functional Interface

Parameter Types

Return Type

Abstract Method Name

Description

Other Methods

Runnable

none

void

run

Runs an action without arguments or return value

Supplier<T>

none

T

get

Supplies a value of type T

Consumer<T>

T

void

accept

Consumes a value of type T

chain

BiConsumer<T, U>

T, U

void

accept

Consumes values of types T and U

chain

Function<T, R>

T

R

apply

A function with argument of type T

compose, andThen, identity

BiFunction<T, U, R>

T, U

R

apply

A function with arguments of types T and U

andThen

UnaryOperator<T>

T

T

apply

A unary operator on the type T

compose, andThen, identity

BinaryOperator<T>

T, T

T

apply

A binary operator on the type T

andThen

Predicate<T>

T

boolean

test

A Boolean-valued function

and, or, negate, isEqual

BiPredicate<T, U>

T, U

boolean

test

A Boolean-valued function with two arguments

and, or, negate

Functional Interfaces for Primitive Types

p, q is int, long, double; P, Q is Int, Long, Double

Functional Interface

Parameter Types

Return Type

Abstract Method Name

BooleanSupplier

none

boolean

getAsBoolean

PSupplier

none

p

getAsP

PConsumer

p

void

accept

ObjPConsumer<T>

T, p

void

accept

PFunction<T>

p

T

apply

PToQFunction

p

q

applyAsQ

ToPFunction<T>

T

p

applyAsP

ToPBiFunction<T, U>

T, U

p

applyAsP

PUnaryOperator

p

p

applyAsP

PBinaryOperator

p, p

p

applyAsP

PPredicate

p

boolean

test

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