Lambda expression vs method reference implementation details

Question

Given this:

class MyClass {
    static class A {
        public boolean property() {
            return Math.random() < 0.5;
        }
    }

    static L         


        

Answer 1

Here is the java language spec on method references.

Here is the spec for lambda expressions.

Lambdas are quite a bit more complex from a rules perspective.

In both cases, however, the result is an invokedynamic call.

Brian Goetz has written a doc on how this works.