:: (double colon) operator in Java 8

Question

I was exploring the Java 8 source and found this particular part of code very surprising:

//defined in IntPipeline.java
@Override
public fin         


        

Answer 1

In older Java versions, instead of "::" or lambd, you can use:

public interface Action {
    void execute();
}

public class ActionImpl implements Action {

    @Override
    public void execute() {
        System.out.println("execute with ActionImpl");
    }

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Action action = new Action() {
        @Override
        public void execute() {
            System.out.println("execute with anonymous class");
        }
    };
    action.execute();

    //or

    Action actionImpl = new ActionImpl();
    actionImpl.execute();
}

Or passing to the method:

public static void doSomething(Action action) {
    action.execute();
}