Praise for the previous edition, Java 8 in Action, by Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, and Alan Mycroft.

A great and concise guide to what’s new in Java 8, with plenty of examples to get you going in a hurry.

Jason Lee, Oracle

The best guide to Java 8 that will ever be written!

William Wheeler, ProData Computer Systems

The new Streams API and lambda examples are especially useful.

Steve Rogers, CGTek, Inc.

A must-have to get functional with Java 8.

Mayur S. Patil, MIT Academy of Engineering

Helpful as a concise, practice-oriented guide to the exciting new features of Java 8. Functional interfaces and spliterators, oh my!

Will Hayworth, Developer, Atlassian