flashcard-java-14-FunctionalProgramming.md

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cards	title description Functional Programming Functions are like values, can be passed and returned title description Lambda Expression Short-hand syntax for defining functions in Java title description Stream Sequence of elements title description Stream API A collection of methods in Java for processing streams of data in a functional manner title description Intermediate Operations Stream operations that produce another stream as output, such as filter, map, and flatMap title description Terminal Operations Stream operations that produce a single result, such as reduce, collect, and forEach title description Optional class Allow graceful handling of nulls title description Functional Interface Interfaces in Java that define a single abstract method, used as the basis for creating lambda expressions title description Method References Simplify creation of Lambda Expressions title description Example Method Reference Lambda "l -> System.out.println(l)" can be replaced with "System.out::println"