In Java 8 method references has introduced, which will refer to methods or constructors without invoking them. These syntactic shortcuts create lambdas from existing methods or constructors. Basically, lambda expressions in Java are methods implemented without an enclosing class body and constructors created by lambdas
In the place of an Anonymous class we can use Lambda expression but Sometimes, the lambda expression does nothing but call an existing method. In those cases, it’s often clearer to refer to the existing method by its name. [code lang=”java”] List digits = Arrays.asList(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8);
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