Java functional interfaces reference

This post is a quick reference on the built-in functional interfaces available in the Java API.

A functional interface is an interface that has exactly one abstract method. It may also contain default and static methods which do have an implementation. Functional interfaces will most likely be annotated with @FunctionalInterface, indicating that the annotated interface in intented to be a functional interface, as defined above.

Functional interfaces were introduced in Java 8, are associated with lambda expressions, and are extensively used in the Stream API. So you certainly want to be familiar with the main built-in functional interfaces, along with what they take as input and produce as output:

Functional interface	Functional method	Input	→	Output
`Consumer<T>`	`void accept(T t)`	`T`	→
`Supplier<T>`	`T get()`		→	`T`
`Function<T,R>`	`R apply(T t)`	`T`	→	`R`
`Predicate<T>`	`boolean test(T t)`	`T`	→	`boolean`

For variations on the input arguments and results, the following tables will come handy:

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Consumers #

A consumer represents an operation that accepts a single input argument and returns no result.

Functional interface	Functional method	Input	→
`Consumer<T>`	`void accept(T t)`	`T`	→
`BiConsumer<T,U>`	`void accept(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→
`DoubleConsumer`	`void accept(double value)`	`double`	→
`IntConsumer`	`void accept(int value)`	`int`	→
`LongConsumer`	`void accept(long value)`	`long`	→
`ObjDoubleConsumer<T>`	`void accept(T t, double value)`	`T, double`	→
`ObjIntConsumer<T>`	`void accept(T t, int value)`	`T, int`	→
`ObjLongConsumer<T>`	`void accept(T t, long value)`	`T, long`	→

Suppliers #

A supplier represents an operation that accepts no arguments and returns a result.

Functional interface	Functional method	→	Output
`Supplier<T>`	`T get()`	→	`T`
`BooleanSupplier`	`boolean getAsBoolean()`	→	`boolean`
`DoubleSupplier`	`double getAsDouble()`	→	`double`
`IntSupplier`	`int getAsInt()`	→	`int`
`LongSupplier`	`long getAsLong()`	→	`long`

Functions #

A function represents an operation that accepts argument(s) and produces a result. For operations meant to return boolean results, have a look at the predicates in the next section.

Functional interface	Functional method	Input	→	Output
`Function<T,R>`	`R apply(T t)`	`T`	→	`R`
`DoubleFunction<R>`	`R apply(double value)`	`double`	→	`R`
`IntFunction<R>`	`R apply(int value)`	`int`	→	`R`
`LongFunction<R>`	`R apply(long value)`	`long`	→	`R`
`ToDoubleFunction<T>`	`double applyAsDouble(T value)`	`T`	→	`double`
`ToIntFunction<T>`	`int applyAsInt(T value)`	`T`	→	`int`
`ToLongFunction<T>`	`long applyAsLong(T value)`	`T`	→	`long`
`DoubleToIntFunction`	`int applyAsInt(double value)`	`double`	→	`int`
`DoubleToLongFunction`	`long applyAsLong(double value)`	`double`	→	`long`
`IntToDoubleFunction`	`double applyAsDouble(int value)`	`int`	→	`double`
`IntToLongFunction`	`long applyAsLong(int value)`	`int`	→	`long`
`LongToDoubleFunction`	`double applyAsDouble(long value)`	`long`	→	`double`
`LongToIntFunction`	`int applyAsInt(long value)`	`long`	→	`int`
`UnaryOperator<T>`	`T apply(T t)`	`T`	→	`T`
`DoubleUnaryOperator`	`double applyAsDouble(double operand)`	`double`	→	`double`
`IntUnaryOperator`	`int applyAsInt(int operand)`	`int`	→	`int`
`LongUnaryOperator`	`long applyAsLong(long operand)`	`long`	→	`long`
`BiFunction<T,U,R>`	`R apply(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→	`R`
`BinaryOperator<T>`	`T apply(T t1, T t2)`	`T, T`	→	`T`
`ToDoubleBiFunction<T,U>`	`double applyAsDouble(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→	`double`
`ToIntBiFunction<T,U>`	`int applyAsInt(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→	`int`
`ToLongBiFunction<T,U>`	`long applyAsLong(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→	`long`
`DoubleBinaryOperator`	`double applyAsDouble(double left, double right)`	`double, double`	→	`double`
`IntBinaryOperator`	`int applyAsInt(int left, int right)`	`int, int`	→	`int`
`LongBinaryOperator`	`long applyAsLong(long left, long right)`	`long, long`	→	`long`

Predicates #

A predicate (or boolean-valued function) represents an operation that accepts argument(s) and returns a boolean result.

Functional interface	Functional method	Input	→	Output
`Predicate<T>`	`boolean test(T t)`	`T`	→	`boolean`
`BiPredicate<T,U>`	`boolean test(T t, U u)`	`T, U`	→	`boolean`
`DoublePredicate`	`boolean test(double value)`	`double`	→	`boolean`
`IntPredicate`	`boolean test(int value)`	`int`	→	`boolean`
`LongPredicate`	`boolean test(long value)`	`long`	→	`boolean`

Runnable #

Runnable was introduced back in JDK 1.0, and it’s indeed a functional interface, as it defines exactly one abstract method which doesn’t take any arguments neither returns a value:

Functional interface	Functional method	Input	→	Output
`Runnable`	`void run()`		→