Does Java 8 provide a good way to repeat a value or function?

Question

In many other languages, eg. Haskell, it is easy to repeat a value or function multiple times, eg. to get a list of 8 copies of the value 1:

take 8 (repeat 1         


        

Answer 1

This is my solution to implementing the times function. I'm a junior so I admit it could be not ideal, I'd be glad to hear if this is not a good idea for whatever reason.

public static  R times(int count, Function f, T t) {
    while (count > 0) {
        f.apply(t);
        count--;
    }
    return null;
}

Here's some example usage:

Function greet = greeting -> {
    System.out.println(greeting);
    return null;
};

times(3, greet, "Hello World!");