Why Functional Interfaces in Java 8 have one Abstract Method?

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The functional interface also known as Single Abstract Method Interface was introduced to facilitate Lambda functions. Since a lambda function can only provide the implementation for 1 method it is mandatory for the functional interface to have ONLY one abstract method. For more details refer here.

Edit -> Also worth noting here is that, a functional interface can have a default implementation in the interface. You will find a lot more details on the implementation on the link above.

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