Shared coding conventions allow teams to collaborate effectively. While types for lambda arguments are optional, specifying them anyway makes the code clearer and easier to read. == Noncompliant Code Example [source,java] ---- Arrays.sort(rosterAsArray, (a, b) -> { // Noncompliant return a.getBirthday().compareTo(b.getBirthday()); } ); ---- == Compliant Solution [source,java] ---- Arrays.sort(rosterAsArray, (Person a, Person b) -> { return a.getBirthday().compareTo(b.getBirthday()); } ); ---- == Exceptions When the lambda has one or two parameters and does not have a block this rule will not fire up an issue as things are considered more readable in those cases. ---- stream.map((a, b) -> a.length); // compliant ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) include::message.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]