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Lewis Cowles
74,902 PointsAre the method references basically passing callable's?
Looking at method references,
Is this simply passing a callable reference?
Will it work with anything implementing callable?
Do you have any cooler examples of this working?
From Linked Oracle docs
Kinds of Method References
There are four kinds of method references:
| Kind | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Reference to a static method | ContainingClass::staticMethodName | |
| Reference to an instance method of a particular object | containingObject::instanceMethodName | |
| Reference to an instance method of an arbitrary object of a particular type | ContainingType::methodName | |
| Reference to a constructor | ClassName::new |
1 Answer
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 PointsBased off of the documentation I do not see a method call here using a callable as an argument. I see a static method, instance method, and a constructor call.
Lewis Cowles
74,902 PointsLewis Cowles
74,902 PointsThx buddy, I got that, but it seems just rational to have it callable, and was wondering if the docs are just poorly written / worded as it seems they support at least 4 signatures if not, so they could just use callable, devs get more freedom, and everything else is contracted to the interface.