Method references: A primer My previous Java 101 tutorial introduced lambda expressions, which are used to define anonymous methods that can then be treated as instances of a functional interface.

Method references in Java are part of the broader set of features introduced and enhanced in Java 8 and beyond. They are a concise way to refer to methods of classes or objects.

Method referencing method reference is feature related to lambda expressions. method references are more readable form of lambda expressions for already written methods. :: operator is used to define ...

One more easy concept we can introduce in this Java tutorial is how to use methods. This will give you a bit more idea regarding the way that Java code is structured and what can be done with it.

Current workaround is usage of method pointer operator (.&) instead. But it's not the same actually: method pointer returns Closure which has to be casted to required functional interface, but method ...