diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 294364d22c..a96da6761f 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
 		<!-- util -->
-		<guava.version>17.0</guava.version>
+		<guava.version>17.0</guava.version> <!-- upgrade to 18.0 -->
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.2</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaRandomUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaRandomUnitTest.java
index 95cd1b7c50..2b688ecb10 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaRandomUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaRandomUnitTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.baeldung.java;
 
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public class CoreJavaRandomUnitTest {
     public void givenUsingPlainJava_whenGeneratingRandomStringUnbounded_thenCorrect() {
         final byte[] array = new byte[7]; // length is bounded by 7
         new Random().nextBytes(array);
-        final String generatedString = new String(array);
+        final String generatedString = new String(array, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
 
         System.out.println(generatedString);
     }
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ public class CoreJavaRandomUnitTest {
             final int randomLimitedInt = leftLimit + (int) (new Random().nextFloat() * (rightLimit - leftLimit));
             buffer.append((char) randomLimitedInt);
         }
-        final String generatedString = new String(buffer);
+        final String generatedString = buffer.toString();
 
         System.out.println(generatedString);
     }
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaReadFromFileTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaReadFromFileTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72f658eb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaReadFromFileTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package org.baeldung.java.io;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.io.SequenceInputStream;
+import java.io.StreamTokenizer;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+
+/*
+MappedByteBuffer
+
+ */
+public class JavaReadFromFileTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithBufferedReader_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello world";
+
+        final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("src/test/resources/test_read.in"));
+        final String currentLine = reader.readLine();
+        reader.close();
+
+        assertEquals(expected_value, currentLine);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithScanner_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File("src/test/resources/test_read1.in"));
+        scanner.useDelimiter(" ");
+
+        assertTrue(scanner.hasNext());
+        assertEquals("Hello", scanner.next());
+        assertEquals("world", scanner.next());
+        assertEquals(1, scanner.nextInt());
+
+        scanner.close();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithScannerTwoDelimiters_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File("src/test/resources/test_read2.in"));
+        scanner.useDelimiter(",| ");
+
+        assertTrue(scanner.hasNextInt());
+        assertEquals(2, scanner.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(3, scanner.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(4, scanner.nextInt());
+
+        scanner.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithStreamTokenizer_thenCorrectTokens() throws IOException {
+        final FileReader reader = new FileReader("src/test/resources/test_read3.in");
+        final StreamTokenizer tokenizer = new StreamTokenizer(reader);
+
+        tokenizer.nextToken();
+        assertEquals(StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD, tokenizer.ttype);
+        assertEquals("Hello", tokenizer.sval);
+        tokenizer.nextToken();
+        assertEquals(StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER, tokenizer.ttype);
+        assertEquals(1, tokenizer.nval, 0.0000001);
+
+        tokenizer.nextToken();
+        assertEquals(StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF, tokenizer.ttype);
+        reader.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithDataInputStream_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello";
+
+        String result;
+        final DataInputStream reader = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/test_read4.in"));
+        result = reader.readUTF();
+        reader.close();
+
+        assertEquals(expected_value, result);
+    }
+
+    public void whenReadTwoFilesWithSequenceInputStream_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final int expected_value1 = 2000;
+        final int expected_value2 = 5000;
+
+        final FileInputStream stream1 = new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/test_read5.in");
+        final FileInputStream stream2 = new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/test_read6.in");
+
+        final SequenceInputStream sequence = new SequenceInputStream(stream1, stream2);
+        final DataInputStream reader = new DataInputStream(sequence);
+
+        assertEquals(expected_value1, reader.readInt());
+        assertEquals(expected_value2, reader.readInt());
+
+        reader.close();
+        stream2.close();
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadUTFEncodedFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "青空";
+        final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/test_read7.in"), "UTF-8"));
+        final String currentLine = reader.readLine();
+        reader.close();
+
+        assertEquals(expected_value, currentLine);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadFileContentsIntoString_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello world \n Test line \n";
+        final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("src/test/resources/test_read8.in"));
+        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        String currentLine = reader.readLine();
+        while (currentLine != null) {
+            builder.append(currentLine);
+            builder.append("\n");
+            currentLine = reader.readLine();
+        }
+
+        reader.close();
+
+        assertEquals(expected_value, builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadWithFileChannel_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello world";
+        final RandomAccessFile reader = new RandomAccessFile("src/test/resources/test_read.in", "r");
+        final FileChannel channel = reader.getChannel();
+
+        int bufferSize = 1024;
+        if (bufferSize > channel.size())
+            bufferSize = (int) channel.size();
+        final ByteBuffer buff = ByteBuffer.allocate(bufferSize);
+        channel.read(buff);
+        buff.flip();
+        assertEquals(expected_value, new String(buff.array()));
+        channel.close();
+        reader.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadSmallFileJava7_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello world";
+        final Path path = Paths.get("src/test/resources/test_read.in");
+
+        final String read = Files.readAllLines(path).get(0);
+        assertEquals(expected_value, read);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadLargeFileJava7_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final String expected_value = "Hello world";
+
+        final Path path = Paths.get("src/test/resources/test_read.in");
+        final BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path);
+        final String line = reader.readLine();
+        assertEquals(expected_value, line);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70c379b63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello world
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read1.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read1.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e46242993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read1.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello world 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read2.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read2.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe47dc003b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read2.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2,3 4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read3.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read3.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db9f25a672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read3.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read4.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read4.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5727d54bfc
Binary files /dev/null and b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read4.in differ
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read7.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read7.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28d4d45d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read7.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+青空
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read8.in b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read8.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10fc1aac8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/test/resources/test_read8.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Hello world 
+ Test line 
diff --git a/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaCacheTest.java b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaCacheTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87aba20ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaCacheTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+package org.baeldung.guava;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalCause;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalListener;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalNotification;
+import com.google.common.cache.Weigher;
+
+public class GuavaCacheTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCacheMiss_thenAutoLoad() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(loader);
+        assertEquals(0, cache.size());
+        assertEquals("HELLO", cache.getUnchecked("hello"));
+        assertEquals(1, cache.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCacheReachMaxSize_thenEviction() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(3).build(loader);
+        cache.getUnchecked("first");
+        cache.getUnchecked("second");
+        cache.getUnchecked("third");
+        cache.getUnchecked("forth");
+        assertEquals(3, cache.size());
+        assertNull(cache.getIfPresent("first"));
+        assertEquals("FORTH", cache.getIfPresent("forth"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCacheReachMaxWeight_thenEviction() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final Weigher<String, String> weighByLength = new Weigher<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public int weigh(final String key, final String value) {
+                return value.length();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumWeight(16).weigher(weighByLength).build(loader);
+        cache.getUnchecked("first");
+        cache.getUnchecked("second");
+        cache.getUnchecked("third");
+        cache.getUnchecked("last");
+        assertEquals(3, cache.size());
+        assertNull(cache.getIfPresent("first"));
+        assertEquals("LAST", cache.getIfPresent("last"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEntryIdle_thenEviction() throws InterruptedException {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().expireAfterAccess(2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).build(loader);
+        cache.getUnchecked("hello");
+        assertEquals(1, cache.size());
+        cache.getUnchecked("hello");
+        Thread.sleep(300);
+        cache.getUnchecked("test");
+        assertEquals(1, cache.size());
+        assertNull(cache.getIfPresent("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEntryLiveTimeExpire_thenEviction() throws InterruptedException {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().expireAfterWrite(2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).build(loader);
+        cache.getUnchecked("hello");
+        assertEquals(1, cache.size());
+        Thread.sleep(300);
+        cache.getUnchecked("test");
+        assertEquals(1, cache.size());
+        assertNull(cache.getIfPresent("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenWeekKeyHasNoRef_thenRemoveFromCache() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().weakKeys().build(loader);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSoftValue_thenRemoveFromCache() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().softValues().build(loader);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNullValue_thenOptional() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, Optional<String>> loader = new CacheLoader<String, Optional<String>>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Optional<String> load(final String key) {
+                return Optional.fromNullable(getSuffix(key));
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, Optional<String>> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(loader);
+        assertEquals("txt", cache.getUnchecked("text.txt").get());
+        assertFalse(cache.getUnchecked("hello").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenLiveTimeEnd_thenRefresh() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().refreshAfterWrite(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES).build(loader);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPreloadCache_thenUsePutAll() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(loader);
+        final Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        map.put("first", "FIRST");
+        map.put("second", "SECOND");
+        cache.putAll(map);
+        assertEquals(2, cache.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEntryRemovedFromCache_thenNotify() {
+        final CacheLoader<String, String> loader = new CacheLoader<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final String load(final String key) {
+                return key.toUpperCase();
+            }
+        };
+        final RemovalListener<String, String> listener = new RemovalListener<String, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public void onRemoval(final RemovalNotification<String, String> n) {
+                if (n.wasEvicted()) {
+                    final String cause = n.getCause().name();
+                    assertEquals(RemovalCause.SIZE.toString(), cause);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        final LoadingCache<String, String> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(3).removalListener(listener).build(loader);
+        cache.getUnchecked("first");
+        cache.getUnchecked("second");
+        cache.getUnchecked("third");
+        cache.getUnchecked("last");
+        assertEquals(3, cache.size());
+    }
+
+    // UTIL
+
+    private String getSuffix(final String str) {
+        final int lastIndex = str.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (lastIndex == -1)
+            return null;
+        return str.substring(lastIndex + 1);
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaFilterTransformCollectionsTest.java b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaFilterTransformCollectionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d44edc962c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/guava/GuavaFilterTransformCollectionsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package org.baeldung.guava;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Functions;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
+import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+
+public class GuavaFilterTransformCollectionsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenFilterWithCollections2_thenFiltered() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<String> result = Collections2.filter(names, Predicates.containsPattern("a"));
+
+        assertEquals(2, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder("Jane", "Adam"));
+
+        result.add("anna");
+        assertEquals(5, names.size());
+        result.remove("Adam");
+        assertEquals(4, names.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenFilterWithIterables_thenFiltered() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Iterable<String> result = Iterables.filter(names, Predicates.containsPattern("a"));
+
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder("Jane", "Adam"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenFilterCollectionWithCustomPredicate_thenFiltered() {
+        final Predicate<String> predicate = new Predicate<String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final boolean apply(final String input) {
+                return input.startsWith("A") || input.startsWith("J");
+            }
+        };
+
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<String> result = Collections2.filter(names, predicate);
+
+        assertEquals(3, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder("John", "Jane", "Adam"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenFilterUsingMultiplePredicates_thenFiltered() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<String> result = Collections2.filter(names, Predicates.or(Predicates.containsPattern("J"), Predicates.not(Predicates.containsPattern("a"))));
+
+        assertEquals(3, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder("John", "Jane", "Tom"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenRemoveNullFromCollection_thenRemoved() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", null, "Jane", null, "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<String> result = Collections2.filter(names, Predicates.notNull());
+
+        assertEquals(4, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckAllElementsForCondition_thenChecked() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+
+        boolean result = Iterables.all(names, Predicates.containsPattern("n|m"));
+        assertTrue(result);
+
+        result = Iterables.all(names, Predicates.containsPattern("a"));
+        assertFalse(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTransformWithIterables_thenTransformed() {
+        final Function<String, Integer> function = new Function<String, Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Integer apply(final String input) {
+                return input.length();
+            }
+        };
+
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Iterable<Integer> result = Iterables.transform(names, function);
+
+        assertThat(result, contains(4, 4, 4, 3));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTransformWithCollections2_thenTransformed() {
+        final Function<String, Integer> function = new Function<String, Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Integer apply(final String input) {
+                return input.length();
+            }
+        };
+
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<Integer> result = Collections2.transform(names, function);
+
+        assertEquals(4, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, contains(4, 4, 4, 3));
+
+        result.remove(3);
+        assertEquals(3, names.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTransformUsingComposedFunction_thenTransformed() {
+        final Function<String, Integer> f1 = new Function<String, Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Integer apply(final String input) {
+                return input.length();
+            }
+        };
+
+        final Function<Integer, Boolean> f2 = new Function<Integer, Boolean>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Boolean apply(final Integer input) {
+                return input % 2 == 0;
+            }
+        };
+
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<Boolean> result = Collections2.transform(names, Functions.compose(f2, f1));
+
+        assertEquals(4, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, contains(true, true, true, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreateFunctionFromPredicate_thenCreated() {
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<Boolean> result = Collections2.transform(names, Functions.forPredicate(Predicates.containsPattern("m")));
+
+        assertEquals(4, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, contains(false, false, true, true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenFilterAndTransformCollection_thenCorrect() {
+        final Predicate<String> predicate = new Predicate<String>() {
+            @Override
+            public final boolean apply(final String input) {
+                return input.startsWith("A") || input.startsWith("T");
+            }
+        };
+
+        final Function<String, Integer> func = new Function<String, Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public final Integer apply(final String input) {
+                return input.length();
+            }
+        };
+
+        final List<String> names = Lists.newArrayList("John", "Jane", "Adam", "Tom");
+        final Collection<Integer> result = FluentIterable.from(names).filter(predicate).transform(func).toList();
+
+        assertEquals(2, result.size());
+        assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder(4, 3));
+    }
+
+
+
+}
+