Use Predicate and BiPredicate in Lambda Expression in Java

A Predicate<T> interface defined in java.util.function package. It represents a boolean-valued function with one argument. It is kind of a functional interface whose functional method is the test(). BiPredicate<T, U> interface is similar to the Predicate<T> interface with two arguments. It can be used as an assignment target for a lambda expression.

Syntax for Predicate

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Predicate<T>

Example

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import java.util.stream.*;

public class EmployeePredicateTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Employee e1 = new Employee(1, 23, "M", "Raja");
      Employee e2 = new Employee(2, 13, "M", "Jai");
      Employee e3 = new Employee(3, 36, "F", "Yamini");
      Employee e4 = new Employee(4, 26, "F", "Geetha");
      Employee e5 = new Employee(5, 19, "M", "Adithya");

      List<Employee> employees = new ArrayList<Employee>();
      employees.addAll(Arrays.asList(new Employee[]{e1, e2, e3, e4, e5}));

      System.out.println(EmployeePredicate.filterEmployees(employees, EmployeePredicate.isAdultMale()));
      System.out.println(EmployeePredicate.filterEmployees(employees, EmployeePredicate.isAdultFemale()));
      System.out.println(EmployeePredicate.filterEmployees(employees,       EmployeePredicate.isAgeMoreThan(35)));
      System.out.println(EmployeePredicate.filterEmployees(employees, EmployeePredicate.isAgeMoreThan(35).negate()));
   }
}

// Employee class
class Employee {
   private Integer id;
   private Integer age;
   private String gender;
   private String name;
   public Employee(Integer id, Integer age, String gender, String name) {
      this.id = id;
      this.age = age;
      this.gender = gender;
     this.name = name;
   }
   public Integer getAge() {
      return age;
   }
   public String getGender() {
      return gender;
   }
   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }
   @Override
   public String toString() {
      return this.name.toString()+" - "+ this.age.toString();
   }
}

// EmployeePredicate class
class EmployeePredicate {
   public static Predicate isAdultMale() {
      return p -> p.getAge() > 21 && p.getGender().equalsIgnoreCase("M");
   }
   public static Predicate isAdultFemale() {
      return p -> p.getAge() > 18 && p.getGender().equalsIgnoreCase("F");
   }
   public static Predicate isAgeMoreThan(Integer age) {
      return p -> p.getAge() > age;
   }
   public static List filterEmployees(List<Employee> employees, Predicate<Employee> predicate) {
       return employees.stream().filter(predicate).collect(Collectors.<Employee>toList());
   }
}

Output

[Raja - 23]
[Yamini - 36, Geetha - 26]
[Yamini - 36]
[Raja - 23, Jai - 13, Geetha - 26, Adithya - 19]

Syntax for BiPredicate

@FunctionalInterface
public interface BiPredicate<T, U>

Example

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.*;

public class BiPredicateTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      BiPredicate<Integer, Integer> bi = (x, y) -> x > y;
      BiPredicate<Integer, Integer> eq = (x, y) -> x -2 > y;

      System.out.println(bi.test(2, 3));
      System.out.println(bi.or(eq).test(2, 3));
      System.out.println(bi.or(eq).test(8, 3));
   }
}

Output

false
false
true