The BinaryOperator Interface<T> is a part of the java.util.function package which has been introduced since Java 8, to implement functional programming in Java. It represents a binary operator which takes two operands and operates on them to produce a result. However, what distinguishes it from a normal BiFunciton is that both of its arguments and its return type are same.
This functional interface which takes in one generic namely:-
- T: denotes the type of the input arguments and the return value of the operation
The BinaryOperator<T> extends the BiFunction<T, T, T> type. So it inherits the following methods from the BiFunction Interface:
The lambda expression assigned to an object of BiaryOperator type is used to define its apply() which eventually applies the given operation on its arguments.
Functions in BinaryOperator Interface
The BinaryOperator interface consists of the following functions:
1. maxBy()
This methods return a BinaryOperator which returns the greater of the two elements based on a given comparator
Syntax:
static <T> BinaryOperator<T>
maxBy(Comparator<? super T> comparator)
Parameters: It takes in only one parameter namely, comparator which is an object of the Comparator class.
Returns: This method returns a BinaryOperator which returns the maximum of the two objects passed while calling it based on the given comparator.
Below is the code to illustrate maxBy() method:
Program:
Java
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;public class GFG { public static void main(String args[]) { BinaryOperator<Integer> op = BinaryOperator .maxBy( (a, b) -> (a > b) ? 1 : ((a == b) ? 0 : -1)); System.out.println(op.apply(98, 11)); }} |
98
2. minBy()
This method returns a BinaryOperator which returns the lesser of the two elements based on a given comparator
Syntax:
static <T> BinaryOperator<T>
minBy(Comparator<? super T> comparator)
Parameters: It takes in only one parameter namely, comparator which is an object of the Comparator class.
Returns: This method returns a BinaryOperator which return the minimum of the two objects passed while calling it based on the given comparator.
Below is the code to illustrate minBy() method:
Program:
Java
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;public class GFG { public static void main(String args[]) { BinaryOperator<Integer> op = BinaryOperator .minBy( (a, b) -> (a > b) ? 1 : ((a == b) ? 0 : -1)); System.out.println(op.apply(98, 11)); }} |
11