The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

So not only is Java still relevant in terms of OOA&D, but it has evolved to support functional programming, which is just as important today as support for object-oriented programming. The 7 benefits ...

In a development landscape that currently favors functional programming, it’s sometimes fashionable to trash this aspect of Java and object-oriented programming.