Beginning Java 8 Language Features: Lambda Expressions, Inner Classes, Threads, I/O, Collections, and Streams - Softcover

Sharan, Kishori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1430266589 ISBN 13: 9781430266587

Publisher: Apress, 2014

Synopsis

Beginning Java 8 Language Features covers essential and advanced features of the Java programming language such as the new lambda expressions (closures), inner classes, threads, I/O, Collections, garbage collection, streams, and more. Author Kishori Sharan provides over 60 diagrams and 290 complete programs to help you visualize and better understand the topics covered in this book.

The book starts with a series of chapters on the essential language features provided by Java, including annotations, inner classes, reflection, and generics. These topics are then complemented by details of how to use lambda expressions, allowing you to build powerful and efficient Java programs. The chapter on threads follows this up and discusses everything from the very basic concepts of a thread to the most advanced topics such as synchronizers, the fork/join framework, and atomic variables.

This book contains unmatched coverage of Java I/O, including NIO 2.0, the Path API, the FileVisitor API, the watch service and asynchronous file I/O. With this in-depth knowledge, your data- and file-management programs will be able to take advantage of every feature of Java's powerful I/O framework.

Finally, you'll learn how to use the Stream API, a new, exciting addition to Java 8, to perform aggregate operations on collections of data elements using functional-style programming. You'll examine the details of stream processing such as creating streams from different data sources, learning the difference between sequential and parallel streams, applying the filter-map-reduce pattern, and dealing with optional values.

What you’ll learn

• How to use essential and advanced features of the Java language
• How to code Java annotations and inner classes
• How to work with reflection, generics, and threads
• What is Java I/O vs. NIO and NIO 2.0
• How to work with the garbage collector
• How to manage streams with the Stream API

Who this book is for

This book is for those new to Java programming and continues the learning Java journey; it is recommended that you read an introductory Java programming book first, such as Beginning Java Fundamentals, from Apress.

Table of Contents

1. Annotations

2. Inner Classes

3. Reflection

4. Generics

5. Lambda Expressions

6. Threads

7. Input Output

8. Working with Archive Files

9. New Input Output NIO

10. New Input Output 2.0

11. Garbage Collection

12. Collections

13. Streams

About this title

About the Author

Kishori Sharan has earned a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems degree from Troy State University, Alabama. He is a Sun Certified Java 2 programmer. He has vast experience in providing training to professional developers in Java, JSP, EJB, and Web technology. He possesses over ten years of experience in implementing enterprise level Java application.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1430266589
• ISBN 13: 9781430266587
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704