Java8 of Predicate Interface

Predicate source with Function of like, we can compare these two analyzed. Predicate directly on the source code:

public interface Predicate<T> {
    /**
     * Evaluates this predicate on the given argument.
     */
    boolean test(T t);

    /**
     * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical
     * AND of this predicate and another.  When evaluating the composed
     * predicate, if this predicate is {@code false}, then the {@code other}
     * predicate is not evaluated.
     */
    default Predicate<T> and(Predicate<? super T> other) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(other);
        return (t) -> test(t) && other.test(t);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this
     * predicate.
     */
    default Predicate<T> negate() {
        return (t) -> !test(t);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical
     * OR of this predicate and another.  When evaluating the composed
     * predicate, if this predicate is {@code true}, then the {@code other}
     * predicate is not evaluated.
     */
    default Predicate<T> or(Predicate<? super T> other) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(other);
        return (t) -> test(t) || other.test(t);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according
     * to {@link Objects#equals(Object, Object)}.
     */
    static <T> Predicate<T> isEqual(Object targetRef) {
        return (null == targetRef)
                ? Objects::isNull
                : object -> targetRef.equals(object);
    }
}

Predicate interface is asserted Its parameters are <T, boolean>, i.e. to a parameter T, return the result of the boolean type. Function with the same specific implementation Predicate is also based on the incoming lambda expression to decide.

boolean test(T t);

Next we look at Predicate default implementation of three important ways and, or and negate

 default Predicate<T> and(Predicate<? super T> other) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(other);
        return (t) -> test(t) && other.test(t);
    }

    default Predicate<T> negate() {
        return (t) -> !test(t);
    }

    default Predicate<T> or(Predicate<? super T> other) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(other);
        return (t) -> test(t) || other.test(t);
    }

These three methods correspond to three symbols && java the connection, and ||, basic usage is very simple, the following give an example look!:

int[] numbers= {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15};
        List<Integer> list=new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i:numbers) {
            list.add(i);
        }
        Predicate<Integer> p1=i->i>5;
        Predicate<Integer> p2=i->i<20;
        Predicate<Integer> p3=i->i%2==0;
        List test=list.stream().filter(p1.and(p2).and(p3)).collect(Collectors.toList());
        System.out.println(test.toString());
/** print:[6, 8, 10, 12, 14]*/

We defined three assertions p1, p2, p3. There is now a from list 1 ~ 15, we need to filter this list. The above-described filter is to filter out all particles larger than 5 less than 20, and the list is even.

If suddenly our needs changed, and we now need to filter odd. So I can not go directly to change Predicate, because the actual project in this condition may also want to use elsewhere. So this time I only need to change the filter conditions in the Predicate.

List test=list.stream().filter(p1.and(p2).and(p3.negate())).collect(Collectors.toList());
/** print:[7, 9, 11, 13, 15]*/

We direct negation of p3 this condition can be achieved. Is not it simple?

isEqual return type of this method is the Predicate, so we can put it to use as a functional interface. We can assume == operator to use.

 List test=list.stream()
            .filter(p1.and(p2).and(p3.negate()).and(Predicate.isEqual(7)))
            .collect(Collectors.toList());
/** print:[7] */