Closure vs Lambda

Both lambda and closure are quite similar to each other the difference can be understood using the difference between a class and an instance of the class. A Class exists only in the source code, and it doesn’t exist during the runtime.  There are only objects of the class type during the runtime. Similarly, Closures are to lambdas as objects are to classes.



Closures in Java with Examples

A method is a collection of statements that perform some specific task and return the result to the caller. A method can perform some specific task without returning anything. Methods allow us to reuse the code without retyping the code. In Java, every method must be part of some class that is different from languages like C, C++, and Python. In this article, we will understand one type of function named closures. 

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