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Erik Pischel

orenovadia, your right: the annotation is not needed.

The @FunctionalInterface annotation enables the compiler to report an error if the interface is not a functional interface, i.e. it has exactly one abstract method. Beside that, it communicates the intend that the interface is a functional interface to the reader.

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orenovadia

Got it, thank you!