Start Hacking With Java 8

http://functr.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/start-hacking-with-java-8.html

by magicSystem • 14 years ago

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gravitronic• 14 years ago

.. no.

campnic2• 14 years ago

This comment does nothing but make you look ridiculous. Either discuss the article or don't.

kozio1• 14 years ago

Your comment just made my day :-)

campnic2• 14 years ago

Even though the features lag behind some of the more 'flexible, newer' languages, its exciting to see some of these come down the pipe. After using libraries like Google's Guava, I'm anxious to see some more functional-esque styles get integrated into java.

darkstalker• 14 years ago

Is this usable in Android?

myko• 14 years ago

I don't think so. It will be awhile before Dalvik supports the new bytecodes in Java 8. I'd like to know how long though.

edit: or new bytecodes from Java 7 which will be required for Java 8 features

magicSystem2• 14 years ago

There's no new bytecodes in Java 8. Lambdas will compile down to invokedynamic calls (jdk7)

islon• 14 years ago

Yes, I know Java is behind every other language but speaking as someone who is stuck with Java in the workplace I heartily welcome these changes.

leothekim• 14 years ago

The functional additions are very welcome and long overdue. The article also mentions virtual method extensions, which also look useful/necessary wrt binary compatibility.

cgh• 14 years ago

Another nice addition (that will never happen) would be to make variable declarations final by default, and adding a var keyword to declare them mutable.

Also, pattern matching would be nice.

Wait a second, this is all starting to look a lot like Scala.

magicSystem2• 14 years ago

IDE can help here

latchkey• 14 years ago

Lombok has 'val'. http://projectlombok.org/features/val.html

Lombok really brings some sanity to Java...

Start Hacking With Java 8

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