A lambda expression is a function that expects and accepts input parameters and produces output results. It is an instance of a functional interface and also known as a single abstract method interface (SAM interface) like Runnable, Comparator, Callable and etc. We can declare a variable as a final string[] array and able to access that array index within a lambda expression.
import java.util.*; public class LambdaTest { public static void main(String args[]) { final String[] country = {null}; List cities = new ArrayList(); cities.add("Hyderabad"); cities.add("Ireland"); cities.add("Texas"); cities.add("Cape Town"); cities.forEach(item -> { // lambda expression if(item.equals("Ireland")) country[0] = "UK"; // variable array }); System.out.println(country[0]); } }
UK