diff --git a/lang/pom.xml b/lang/pom.xml
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+++ b/lang/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>java-cookbook</artifactId>
+        <groupId>fr.gasser</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Main.java b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Main.java
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+++ b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package patternmatching;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class Main {
+
+    private  static class CustomObject {
+
+        private int a;
+
+        CustomObject(int a) {
+            this.a = a;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "CustomObject{" +
+                    "a=" + a +
+                    '}';
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String formatObject(Object o) {
+        if (o instanceof Integer) return "int " + o;
+        if (o instanceof Byte) return "byte " + o;
+        if (o instanceof Double) return "double " + o;
+        if (o instanceof String) return "string " + o;
+        return String.format("Object %s", o);
+    }
+
+    private static long[] runNTimes(int numberOfRuns, Object[] toTest, Consumer<? super Object> code) {
+        long runs[] = new long[numberOfRuns];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRuns; i++) {
+            long startTime = System.nanoTime();
+            Arrays.stream(toTest).forEach(code);
+            long endTime = System.nanoTime();
+            long duration = (endTime - startTime);
+            runs[i] = duration;
+        }
+
+        return runs;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Object[] toTest = {"Hello", 1.2, new CustomObject(5)};
+
+        final PatternMatcher<Object, String> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when(Integer.class::isInstance, i -> "int " + i)
+                .orWhen(Byte.class::isInstance, b -> "byte " + b)
+                .orWhen(Double.class::isInstance, d -> "double " + d)
+                .orWhen(String.class::isInstance, s -> "String " + s)
+                .otherwise(o -> "Object " + o);
+
+        final int nRuns = 100000;
+        final Statistics formatObjectStats = Statistics.from(runNTimes(nRuns, toTest, Main::formatObject));
+        System.out.println(String.format("Time out of %d runs for formatObject(Object o) : %s", nRuns, formatObjectStats));
+        final Statistics patternMatcherStats = Statistics.from(runNTimes(nRuns, toTest, pm::matches));
+        System.out.println(String.format("Time out of %d runs for patternMatcher : %s", nRuns, patternMatcherStats));
+
+        final PrintWriter writer;
+        try {
+            writer = new PrintWriter("/tmp/stats.csv");
+            writer.println(formatObjectStats.asCSv());
+            writer.println(patternMatcherStats.asCSv());
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcher.java b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcher.java
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index 0000000..173739e
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+++ b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package patternmatching;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface PatternMatcher<T, R> {
+
+    static <T, R> PatternMatcher<T, R> when(Predicate<T> predicate, Function<T, R> action) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(predicate);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(action);
+        return value -> predicate.test(value) ? Optional.of(action.apply(value)) : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    default PatternMatcher<T, R> orWhen(Predicate<T> predicate, Function<T, R> action) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(predicate);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(action);
+        return value -> {
+            final Optional<R> result = matches(value);
+            if (result.isPresent()) return result;
+            if (predicate.test(value)) return Optional.of(action.apply(value));
+            return Optional.empty();
+        };
+    }
+
+    default PatternMatcher<T, R> otherwise(Function<T, R> action) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(action);
+        return value -> {
+            final Optional<R> result = matches(value);
+            return result.isPresent() ? result : Optional.of(action.apply(value));
+        };
+    }
+
+    Optional<R> matches(T value);
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e4187c
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+++ b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package patternmatching;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public final class Statistics {
+
+    private final long[] data;
+    private Double mean = null;
+    private Double variance = null;
+
+    private Statistics(long[] data) {
+        this.data = data;
+    }
+
+    double getMean() {
+        if (mean == null) {
+            mean = (double) Arrays.stream(data).sum() / data.length;
+        }
+
+        return mean;
+    }
+
+    double getVariance() {
+        if (variance == null) {
+            final double mean = getMean();
+            double temp = 0;
+            for(double a : data) {
+                temp += (a-mean)*(a-mean);
+            }
+            variance = temp/(data.length-1);
+        }
+
+        return variance;
+    }
+
+    double getStddev() {
+        return Math.sqrt(getVariance());
+    }
+
+    double getMedian() {
+        Arrays.sort(data);
+        if (data.length % 2 == 0) return (data[(data.length / 2) - 1] + data[data.length / 2]) / 2.0;
+        return data[data.length / 2];
+    }
+
+    static Statistics from(long[] data) {
+        return new Statistics(data);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format(
+                "mean=%.2fms stddev=%.2fms median=%.2fms",
+                getMean()/1000,
+                getStddev()/1000,
+                getMedian()/1000
+        );
+    }
+
+    public String asCSv() {
+        final String csv = Arrays.stream(data).mapToObj(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.joining(","));
+        return csv;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/test/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcherTest.java b/lang/src/test/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcherTest.java
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index 0000000..454b832
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+++ b/lang/src/test/java/patternmatching/PatternMatcherTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package patternmatching;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class PatternMatcherTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void integerMatching() {
+        final PatternMatcher<? super Number, String> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when(Number.class::isInstance, x -> "Integer: " + x);
+        assertEquals(pm.matches(42), Optional.of("Integer: 42"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void stringMatching() {
+        final PatternMatcher<String, String> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when("world"::equals, x -> "Hello, " + x);
+        assertThat(pm.matches("world"), is(Optional.of("Hello, world")));
+        assertThat(pm.matches("Bob"), is(Optional.empty()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void emptyMatching() {
+        final PatternMatcher<? super Number, Optional<String>> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when(Integer.class::isInstance, x -> Optional.empty());
+        assertEquals(pm.matches(42), Optional.of(Optional.empty()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOrWhen() {
+        final PatternMatcher<Object, String> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when("world"::equals, x -> "Hello, " + x)
+                .orWhen(Double.class::isInstance, x -> "Double: " + x);
+        assertThat(pm.matches("world"), is(Optional.of("Hello, world")));
+        assertThat(pm.matches(1.42), is(Optional.of("Double: 1.42")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOtherwise() {
+        final PatternMatcher<Object, String> pm = PatternMatcher.when("world"::equals, x -> "Hello, " + x)
+                .otherwise(x -> "got this object: " + x);
+        assertThat(pm.matches("world"), is(Optional.of("Hello, world")));
+        assertThat(pm.matches("foo"), is(Optional.of("got this object: foo")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCombine() {
+        final PatternMatcher<Object, String> pm = PatternMatcher
+                .when("world"::equals, x -> "Hello, " + x)
+                .orWhen(Double.class::isInstance, x -> "Double: " + x)
+                .otherwise(x -> "got this object: " + x);
+        assertThat(pm.matches("world"), is(Optional.of("Hello, world")));
+        assertThat(pm.matches(1.42), is(Optional.of("Double: 1.42")));
+        assertThat(pm.matches("foo"), is(Optional.of("got this object: foo")));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0263028..4b17a1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <module>reflection</module>
         <module>gui</module>
         <module>async</module>
+        <module>core</module>
     </modules>
     
     <properties>