Nov 28, 2012 · In Java 8, methods can be created as Lambda expressions and can be passed by reference (with a little work under the hood). There are plenty of examples online with lambdas …

Sep 18, 2013 · I'd like to make it a general use method so that I don't need to write new code for every new custom type. I could do this, which would require instantiating the object before …

Nov 22, 2009 · Is there a way to generate Javadoc comments in Eclipse? If so, what is it?

As well as using the techniques above which add a field to the enumerated type you can also use a pure method based approach and polymorphism. This is more "OOP style" but I would not …

Oct 24, 2012 · Is it not strange to create a object in the definition of same class? Because then in response - this object creates a new object, then this new object creates another, and the …

Thanks to Java 8 you don't need to do the steps below to pass a function to a method, that's what lambdas are for, see Oracle's Lambda Expression tutorial. The rest of this post describes what …

May 24, 2016 · Afaik, Java and most typed languages don't overload methods or functions based on return type. For instance public int getValue(String name){} is indistinguishable from public …

Aug 15, 2010 · In your "main" thread, create a new Thread class, passing the constructor an instance of your Runnable, then call start() on it. start tells the JVM to do the magic to create a …

Within the Java language, the only way to create an object is by calling its constructor, be it explicitly or implicitly. Using reflection results in a call to the constructor method, …

System.out.println("Method is finished!"); Internally I'm using a class that implements Runnable and do some Reflection work to get the correct method object and invoking it. I want some …