JAVA New Features
New Features in JAVA 8 Java 8 release is the greatest thing in the Java world since Java 5 (released quite a while ago, back in 2004). It brings tons of new features to the Java as a language, its compiler, libraries, tools and the JVM (Java virtual machine) itself. There are dozens of features added to Java 8, the most significant ones are mentioned below 🔻 . 📌Lambda Expressions Functional Programming Lambda expressions provide anonymous function types to Java – Replace use of anonymous inner classes – Provide more functional style of programming in Java doSomething(new DoStuff(){ public boolean isGood(int value){ return value == 42; } }); doSomething(answer -> answer == 42); 📌Extension Methods Bringing Multiple Inheritance (of Functionality) to Java Provide a mechanism to add new metho...