public class FunctionPassingDrill {

	/**Selects a subset of passed collection per selectFct*/
	public static <T> List<T> selectElements(List<T> elements, Function<T, Boolean> selectFct) {
		List<T> newElements = new ArrayList<>();
		for (T nextElem: elements) {
			if (selectFct.apply(nextElem))
				newElements.add(nextElem);
		}
		return newElements;
	}

}

//_test_

private void experiment() {
	println("\ntest_selectElements");
	List<Integer> nums = Arrays.asList(10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), newNums;
	println("Data: " + nums);
	//input integer, output boolean
	Function<Integer, Boolean> isOddFct, smallNumberFct;

	//fct returns true if x is odd
	isOddFct = (x) -> x % 2 == 1;
	newNums = FunctionPassingDrill.selectElements(nums, isOddFct);
	println("Odd Numbers: " + newNums);

	//fct returns true if x is equal or less than 12
	smallNumberFct = (x) -> x <= 12;
	newNums = FunctionPassingDrill.selectElements(nums, smallNumberFct);
	println("Smaller Numbers (less than or equal to 12): " + newNums);

	List<String>
		names = Arrays.asList("Asha", "Acheampong", "Mo"),
		newNames;
	println("Names: " + names);
	//input string, output boolean
	Function<String, Boolean> isShortStringFct;
	isShortStringFct = (str) -> str.length() < 5;
	newNames = FunctionPassingDrill.selectElements(names, isShortStringFct);
	println("Shorter Strings: " + newNames);

}