Lambda expressions are introduced in Java 8. It represents one method interface called functional interface.
In this tutorial, we will see how to create a new Thread in Java using Lambda expression.
public class LambdaThreadDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Implementing Runnable using old way
Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Old Thread name : "+ Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
};
Thread thread1 = new Thread(runnable);
// Implementing Runnable using Lambda Expression
Runnable runnable_new = () -> { System.out.println("New Thread name : "+ Thread.currentThread().getName());
};
Thread thread_new = new Thread(runnable_new);
// Start Threads
thread1.start();
thread_new.start();
}
}
Output
Old Thread name : Thread-0
New Thread name : Thread-1
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