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 method reference.

Here's a topic I don't understand. What's the benefit of making a private constructor and a public getInstance method? I understand why you would make the constructor private: to keep someone from ...

I wrote about the NetBeans hint “Overridable Method Call in Constructor” in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints. In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called from ...

Along with lambdas, Java SE 8 brought method references to the Java language. This tutorial offers a brief overview of method references in Java, then gets you started using them with Java code ...

Java is an object-oriented programming language. To create objects and meaningfully initialize them, a developer must use a Java constructor. Constructors are a critical part of software development ...

What an excellent project! But during my use, I found a problem.When analysis java project, it can't parsed the modifier of constructor method, all modifieries of constructor the result is 'null'.

As per FasterXML/jackson-dataformat-xml#254, I have a very similar problem. I'm on 2.9.1. The case is so simple that I'm not sure my usage is correct, but the functioning workaround suggests it's ...