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Differences between anonymous class and lambda expression in Java?
Anonymous class is an inner class without a name, which means that we can declare and instantiate class at the same time. A lambda expression is a short form for writing an anonymous class. By using a lambda expression, we can declare methods without any name.
Anonymous class vs Lambda Expression
- An anonymous class object generates a separate class file after compilation that increases the size of a jar file while a lambda expression is converted into a private method. It uses invokedynamic bytecode instruction to bind this method dynamically, which saves time and memory.
- We use this keyword to represent the current class in lambda expression while in the case of an anonymous class, this keyword can represent that particular anonymous class.
- Anonymous classes can be used in case of more than one abstract method while a lambda expression specifically used for functional interfaces.
- We need to provide the function body only in lambda expression while in the case of an anonymous class, we need to write the redundant class definition.
Example
public class ThreadTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runnable r1 = new Runnable() { // Anonymous class
@Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Using Anonymous class");
}
};
Runnable r2 = () -> { // lambda expression
System.out.println("Using Lambda Expression");
};
new Thread(r1).start();
new Thread(r2).start();
}
}Output
Using Anonymous class Using Lambda Expression
Updated on: 10-Jul-2020
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