What does -> means in Java

Question

I am just looking to get an understanding on what the symbol \'->\' means. I wrote a simple method and closed that IDE session. When I returned back to continue my work, it look

Answer 1

It is either Java's 8 Lambda Expressions, but since I see the (view) -> grayed out a bit, it is probably folded by your IDE. Check: Settings, Editor, Code Folding and then uncheck "Closures" (anonymous classes implementing a single method).

EDIT

Yes, I checked IntelliJ 13. I have JDK 7 installed (I don't have v8 on my system), and checking Settings, Editor, Code Folding and then uncheck "Closures" (anonymous classes implementing a single method) makes them look exactly like the picture in the original question.