English | 简体中文 | 繁體中文 | Русский язык | Français | Español | Português | Deutsch | 日本語 | 한국어 | Italiano | بالعربية

asPredicate() method in Java example

java.util.functionThe packagePredicateThe interface can be used as the target of a lambda expression. The test method of this interface accepts a value and validates it with the current value of the predicate object. If there is a match, this method returns true, otherwise it returns false.

java.util.regex.PatternThe classasPredicate()The method returns a Predicate object that can match a string with a regular expression, and the current Pattern object can be compiled using this regular expression.

Example1

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class AsPredicateExample {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      //Reading string value
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.println("Enter input string");
      String input = sc.nextLine();
      //Regular expression to find digits
      String regex = "[t]";
      //Compiling the regular expression
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
      //Converting the regular expression to predicate
      Predicate<String> predicate = pattern.asPredicate();
      //Testing the predicate with the input string
      boolean result = predicate.test(input);
      if(result) {
         System.out.println("Match found");
      } else {
         System.out.print("Match not found");
      }
   }
}

Output Result

Enter input string
w3codebox
Number of matches: 3

Example2

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class AsPredicateExample {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
      list.addAll(Arrays.asList("Java", "JavaFX", "Hbase", "JavaScript"));
      //Regular expression to find digits
      String regex = "[J]";
      //Compiling the regular expression
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
      //Converting the regular expression to predicate
      Predicate<String> predicate = pattern.asPredicate();
      list.forEach(n -> { if (predicate.test(n)) System.out.println("Match found "+n); });
   }
}

Output Result

Match found Java
Match found JavaFX
Match found JavaScript