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Andre Kucharzyk
4,479 PointsMethod from reference has different signature than the method in functional interface that we override
private static List<String> getCaptionsStream(List<Job> jobs) {
return jobs.stream()
.filter(App::isJuniorJob)
.map(Job::getCaption)
.limit(3)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
}
Here we use Job::getCaption method reference. Referenced method has this singature - public String getCaption() and the method overriden in functional interface has this signature - R apply(T t) Why isn't that a problem that our referenced method doesn't have parameter?
3 Answers
Lukas Dahlberg
53,736 PointsThe Job::getCaption method reference is not 'overriding' apply. It's a method call to the stream.map() method which can take the Job::getCaption since Job::getCaption is what we call in Java: a supplier. I.E. A function that takes no arguments and returns a result.
Andre Kucharzyk
4,479 PointsLukas Dahlberg 1.Acutally, it does override apply method in Function functional interface - look at the screenshot https://ibb.co/2yqKp16 2.Method signature of the overriden method is not a supplier because as you said supplier takes no arguments and apply method does - R apply(T t);
Andre Kucharzyk
4,479 PointsCraig Dennis Could you please help? I tried to find the answer for a while now but failed miserably.
Tobias Bachmann
3,868 PointsHi Andre Kucharzyk , a little late, but this is what is referred to in the video as Method Reference Inference. The getCaption method is not static and can only be invoked on an instance of a Job. It's using this.getCompany(), only that the keyword "this" can be omitted.
Cheers, Toby