Functional Programming for Java Developers by Wampler, Dean -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Functional Programming for Java Developers

SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly A Note Regarding Supplemental Files Preface

Welcome to Functional Programming for Java Developers Conventions Used in This Book Using the Code Examples

Getting the Code Examples

Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Why Functional Programming?

I Have to Be Good at Writing Concurrent Programs Most Programs Are Just Data Management Problems Functional Programming Is More Modular I Have to Work Faster and Faster Functional Programming Is a Return to Simplicity

2. What Is Functional Programming?

The Basic Principles of Functional Programming

Avoiding Mutable State Functions as First-Class Values Lambdas and Closures Higher-Order Functions Side-Effect-Free Functions Recursion Lazy vs. Eager Evaluation Declarative vs. Imperative Programming

Designing Types

What About Nulls? Algebraic Data Types and Abstract Data Types

Exercises

3. Data Structures and Algorithms

Lists Maps Combinator Functions: The Collection Power Tools Persistent Data Structures Some Final Thoughts on Data Structures and Algorithms Exercises

4. Functional Concurrency

The Actor Model Software Transactional Memory Exercises

5. Better Object-Oriented Programming

Imperative, Mutable Code The Liskov Substitution Principle More on Design Patterns

Pattern Matching

What Makes a Good Type? Rethinking Object-Oriented Middleware Exercises

6. Where to Go From Here

Functional Tools for Java A Recap Exercises

A. References Glossary About the Author Colophon SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly