Also known as the Java 8 Predicate -- which stems from the JDK version where functional programming was introduced to developers -- this simple interface defines five methods, although only the Java ...

Abstract classes and interfaces in Java serve fundamentally different purposes. Learn the differences between these Java language elements and how to use them in your programs.

In this Java 101 tutorial, I’ve explained how interfaces differ from classes, and showed you how to declare, implement, and extend interfaces in your Java programs.

If you want to take advantage of sorting methods in Java, you'll need to implement the Comparable interface. Written by David Petersheim, Contributor Feb. 17, 2005, 8:00 a.m. PT ...