Java 8 Features

Java 8 Key Features

Java 8 introduced functional programming support.

Main Features

• Lambda expressions
• Stream API
• Optional
• Default methods
• Functional interfaces
• New Date and Time API

Example

List<String> names = List.of("Venu", "Java", "Spring");

names.stream()
    .filter(name -> name.startsWith("J"))
    .forEach(System.out::println);