142-java-functional-programming

142-java-functional-programming is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jabrena/plinth. It costs 142 tokens per session (915 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide to functional programming in Java, a style that favours immutable data, functions with predictable results, and pipelines for transforming values. It covers lambdas, streams, Optional, records, and newer pattern-matching features.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when designing Java data transformations, stream pipelines, immutable records, validation logic, reusable functions, or code with many conditional cases.
Why use it?
It can make transformations and business rules easier to follow by reducing hidden state and keeping side effects at clearly defined boundaries.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when designing Java data transformations, stream pipelines, immutable records, validation logic, reusable functions, or code with many conditional cases.

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Any agent
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 142-java-functional-programming
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 142 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 915 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00142 $0.00915
Opus 5 $0.00071 $0.00458
Sonnet 5 $0.00028 $0.00183
Haiku 4.5 $0.00014 $0.00092

Measured 7d ago against content hash dc474047960e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

142-java-functional-programming scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/142-java-functional-programming/SKILL.md · 76 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Java Functional Programming rules

Identify and apply functional programming principles in Java to improve immutability, expressiveness, and maintainability.

What is covered in this Skill?

  • Immutable objects and Records (JEP 395)
  • Pure functions free of side effects
  • Functional interfaces: Function, Predicate, Consumer, Supplier, custom @FunctionalInterface
  • Lambda expressions and method references
  • Stream API: filter/map/reduce pipelines, parallel streams, toUnmodifiable* collectors
  • Optional idiomatic usage: map/flatMap/filter/orElse* over isPresent()+get()
  • Function composition: andThen/compose
  • Higher-order functions: memoization, currying, partial application
  • Pattern Matching for instanceof and switch (Java 21)
  • Sealed classes and interfaces (Java 17) for exhaustive domain hierarchies
  • Switch Expressions (Java 14), Stream Gatherers (JEP 461)
  • Effect-boundary separation: side effects at edges, pure core logic
  • Immutable collections: List.of(), Collectors.toUnmodifiableList()

Scope: The reference is organized by examples (good/bad code patterns) for each core area. Apply recommendations based on applicable examples.

Constraints

Before applying any functional programming changes, ensure the project compiles. If compilation fails, stop immediately — do not proceed until the project compiles successfully. Verify that maven-compiler-plugin source/target supports the Java features being used.

  • MANDATORY: Run ./mvnw compile or mvn compile before applying any changes
  • SAFETY: If compilation fails, stop immediately — do not proceed until the project compiles successfully
  • VERIFY: Verify maven-compiler-plugin source/target supports the Java features being used
  • VERIFY: Run ./mvnw clean verify or mvn clean verify after applying improvements
  • BEFORE APPLYING: Read the reference for detailed good/bad examples, constraints, and safeguards for each functional programming pattern
  • EDGE CASE: If request scope is ambiguous, stop and ask a clarifying question before applying changes
  • EDGE CASE: If required inputs, files, or tooling are missing, report what is missing and ask whether to proceed with setup guidance

Read the full file on GitHub · 76 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 76 lines · 142 tokens per session scan A dc474047960e

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142-java-functional-programming is a skill published in the GitHub repository jabrena/plinth (438 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 142 tokens to every session and 915 once invoked, about $0.0007 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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