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## 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)
- [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)
- [Exceptions in Java 8 Lambda Expressions](http://www.baeldung.com/java-lambda-exceptions)
- [Guide to Java 8 Comparator.comparing()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-comparator-comparing)
- [Guide To Java 8 Optional](http://www.baeldung.com/java-optional)
- [Guide to the Java 8 forEach](http://www.baeldung.com/foreach-java)
- [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)
- [Static and Default Methods in Interfaces in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-static-default-methods)
- [Efficient Word Frequency Calculator in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-word-frequency)
- [Introduction to Spliterator in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-spliterator)
- [Java 8 Math New Methods](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-math)
- [Overview of Java Built-in Annotations](http://www.baeldung.com/java-default-annotations)
- [Finding Min/Max in an Array with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-array-min-max)
- [Internationalization and Localization in Java 8](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-localization)
- [Java Optional – orElse() vs orElseGet()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-optional-or-else-vs-or-else-get)
- [Method Parameter Reflection in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-parameter-reflection)
- [Java 8 Unsigned Arithmetic Support](http://www.baeldung.com/java-unsigned-arithmetic)
- [Generalized Target-Type Inference in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-generalized-target-type-inference)
- [Overriding System Time for Testing in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-override-system-time)
- [Set the Time Zone of a Date in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-set-date-time-zone)
- [An Overview of Regular Expressions Performance in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-regex-performance)
- [Java Primitives versus Objects](https://www.baeldung.com/java-primitives-vs-objects)
- [How to Use if/else Logic in Java 8 Streams](https://www.baeldung.com/java-8-streams-if-else-logic)