Why there is no BooleanConsumer in Java 8?

Question

I\'m afraid that this is somewhat a silly question.

Is there anybody can tell me why there is no BooleanConsumer opposite to BooleanSupplier?

Is the

Answer 1

IntConsumer and LongConsumer are needed to avoid the overhead autoboxing every value. It is much more efficent to be working on raw primitives. However, for Boolean and Byte every possible object is cached so there is little reason to avoid using Consumer or Consumer