diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2065bc26202b2d072aca3efc3d1c2efad3afcbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+HELP.md
+.gradle
+build/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48d05922a04ac9122791099015d9c340fd168f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.4.2'
+	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.11.RELEASE'
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+group = 'com.nisum.example'
+version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
+
+configurations {
+	compileOnly {
+		extendsFrom annotationProcessor
+	}
+}
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter'
+	compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
+	annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
+	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
+}
+
+test {
+	useJUnitPlatform()
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e708b1c023ec8b20f512888fe07c5bd3ff77bb8f
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aec0403c76cc49e24c50effecf902163fd9423b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Mon Feb 08 18:31:05 IST 2021
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f906e0c811fc9e230eb44819f509cd0627f2600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
+    done
+    case $i in
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..107acd32c4e687021ef32db511e8a206129b88ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..11eff784daca6cfaad026778ae10fd754de52ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = 'java-8-features'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..169db7a001eb2a1938bb63f5b0be52a364ac3f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.nisum.example;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Java8FeaturesApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(Java8FeaturesApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/client/EmployeeTest.java b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/client/EmployeeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b93931bb69ed4eb0fe466cbd5ada9360a7716bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/client/EmployeeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.nisum.example.client;
+
+import com.nisum.example.model.Employee;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+public class EmployeeTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        List<Employee> employeeList= Arrays.asList(new Employee("MARY",25
+                        ,Arrays.asList("8877445511","3355778845"))
+        ,new Employee("KHAN",30,Arrays.asList("8877445587","3355778887")),
+                new Employee("SYED",26,Arrays.asList("8877445531","3355778887")));
+
+        //Given a list of employees, you need to filter all the employee whose age is greater
+        // than 20 and print the employee names.(Java 8 APIs only)
+        employeeList.stream().filter(f-> f.getAge()>20)
+                .map(f-> f.getName())
+                .forEach(c-> System.out.println(c));
+
+        //Given the list of employees, count number of employees with age 25?
+       Long count= employeeList.stream().filter(f-> f.getAge()>25).count();
+       System.out.println(count);
+
+       //Given the list of employees, find the employee with name “Mary”.
+      Optional<Employee> optionalEmployee= employeeList.stream().filter(f-> f.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("mary"))
+                .findAny();
+      optionalEmployee.ifPresent(c-> System.out.println(c));
+
+      //Given a list of employee, find maximum age of employee?
+     OptionalInt intOptional=   employeeList.stream().mapToInt(Employee::getAge)
+                .max();
+     if (intOptional.isPresent()){
+         System.out.println(intOptional.getAsInt());
+     }
+
+     //Given a list of employees, sort all the employee on the basis of age? Use java 8 APIs only
+        employeeList.sort((e1,e2)->e1.getAge()-e2.getAge());
+     employeeList.forEach(System.out::println);
+
+     //----------------------------------------------------------------
+        System.out.println("----------------");
+        //to collect names of all employees
+        employeeList.stream().map(person -> person.getName()).forEach(System.out::println);
+
+        //collect all phone numbers
+        employeeList.stream().flatMap(person-> person.getPhoneNumbers().stream())
+                .forEach(System.out::println);
+
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/model/Employee.java b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/model/Employee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38c08991662bebd3008a8c8e9fed1465c8ed33b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nisum/example/model/Employee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.nisum.example.model;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Data
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class Employee {
+
+    private String name;
+    private Integer age;
+    private List<String> phoneNumbers;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b08f3151c733aab6807a5c9b345080c397fe69cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/nisum/example/Java8FeaturesApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.nisum.example;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class Java8FeaturesApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}