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Functional Programming in Java
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Functional Programming in Java

by Venkat Subramaniam
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
4h 59m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Passing a Method Reference to a static Method

 
str.chars()
 
.filter(​Character​::isDigit);

We can replace a lambda expression with a method reference if it directly routes the parameter as an argument to a static method. The preceding sample code is equivalent to this:

 
str.chars()
 
.filter(ch -> ​Character​.isDigit(ch));
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