The indolent lambdification of Java

• Published in: Empirical software engineering : an international journal Vol. 26; no. 6
• Main Authors: Petrulio Fernando, Sawant, Anand Ashok, Bacchelli, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Compilers; Consumers; Investigations; Java

As Java 8 introduced functional interfaces and lambda expressions to the Java programming language, the JDK API was changed to introduce support for lambda expressions, thus allowing consumers to define lambda functions when using Java’s collections. While the JDK API allows for a functional paradig...