=========

## Core Java 8 Cookbooks and Examples

### Relevant Articles: 
- [Java 8 Collectors](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-collectors)
- [Guide to Java 8’s Functional Interfaces](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-functional-interfaces)
- [Java 8 – Powerful Comparison with Lambdas](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-sort-lambda)
- [Java 8 New Features](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-new-features)
- [Lambda Expressions and Functional Interfaces: Tips and Best Practices](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-lambda-expressions-tips)
- [The Double Colon Operator in Java 8](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-double-colon-operator)
- [Java 8 Streams Advanced](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-streams)
- [Introduction to Java 8 Streams](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-streams-introduction)
- [Guide to Java 8 groupingBy Collector](http://www.baeldung.com/java-groupingby-collector)
- [Strategy Design Pattern in Java 8](http://www.baeldung.com/java-strategy-pattern)
- [Java 8 and Infinite Streams](http://www.baeldung.com/java-inifinite-streams)
- [String Operations with Java Streams](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-operations-on-strings)
- [Exceptions in Java 8 Lambda Expressions](http://www.baeldung.com/java-lambda-exceptions)
- [Java 8 Stream findFirst() vs. findAny()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-findfirst-vs-findany)
- [Guide to Java 8 Comparator.comparing()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-comparator-comparing)
- [How to Get the Last Element of a Stream in Java?](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-last-element)
- [Introduction to the Java 8 Date/Time API](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-date-time-intro)
- [Migrating to the New Java 8 Date Time API](http://www.baeldung.com/migrating-to-java-8-date-time-api)
- [Guide To Java 8 Optional](http://www.baeldung.com/java-optional)
- [Guide to the Java 8 forEach](http://www.baeldung.com/foreach-java)
- [Get the Current Date, Time and Timestamp in Java 8](http://www.baeldung.com/current-date-time-and-timestamp-in-java-8)
- [TemporalAdjuster in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-temporal-adjuster)
- [Finding Max/Min of a List or Collection](http://www.baeldung.com/java-collection-min-max)
- [Java Base64 Encoding and Decoding](http://www.baeldung.com/java-base64-encode-and-decode)
- [The Difference Between map() and flatMap()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-difference-map-and-flatmap)
- [Merging Streams in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-merge-streams)
- [“Stream has already been operated upon or closed” Exception in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-operated-upon-or-closed-exception)