Description Lukas Eder 2015-01-24 07:18:34 EST

Some anonymous classes can be represented by method references, e.g. as in this example:

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import java.util.function.Consumer;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        run(new Consumer<Object>() {
            @Override
            public void accept(Object o) {
                System.out.println(o);
            }
        });
    }

    static void run(Consumer<Object> r) {
        r.accept("Hello");
    }
}
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The following code is equivalent:

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    public static void main(String[] args) {
        run(System.out::println);
    }
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Today, I can convert the anonymous class into a lambda, and then into a method reference. It would be nice to have an option in content assist to go directly from anonymous class to method reference.