Java access bean methods with LambdaMetafactory

Question

my question is strongly related to Explicit use of LambdaMetafactory in that thread, some very good examples are provided to use the LambdaMetafactory to access a static me

Answer 1

If you want to bind values to your lamba, you have to include these parameters to the invokedtype signature:

SimpleBean simpleBeanInstance = new SimpleBean();

MethodHandles.Lookup caller = MethodHandles.lookup();
MethodType getter=MethodType.methodType(Object.class);
MethodHandle target=caller.findVirtual(SimpleBean.class, "getObj", getter);
CallSite site = LambdaMetafactory.metafactory(caller,
    "get", // include types of the values to bind:
    MethodType.methodType(Supplier.class, SimpleBean.class),
    getter, target, getter);

MethodHandle factory = site.getTarget();
factory = factory.bindTo(simpleBeanInstance);
Supplier r = (Supplier) factory.invoke();
assertEquals( "myCustomObject", r.get());

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Instead of binding a value you may use a Function which takes the bean as argument:

SimpleBean simpleBeanInstance = new SimpleBean();

MethodHandles.Lookup caller = MethodHandles.lookup();
MethodType getter=MethodType.methodType(Object.class);
MethodHandle target=caller.findVirtual(SimpleBean.class, "getObj", getter);
MethodType func=target.type();
CallSite site = LambdaMetafactory.metafactory(caller,
    "apply",
    MethodType.methodType(Function.class),
    func.erase(), target, func);

MethodHandle factory = site.getTarget();
Function r = (Function)factory.invoke();
assertEquals( "myCustomObject", r.apply(simpleBeanInstance));