Method references in Java are part of the broader set of features introduced and enhanced in Java 8 and beyond. They are a concise way to refer to methods of classes or objects.

Per-Åke Minborg, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Java Core Libraries at Oracle, presented “Function and Memory Access in Pure Java” at JavaOne 2025. Minborg demonstrated how the Foreign ...

Any method you can conjure up takes an object and returns an object that fulfills the Java Function contract. How to use Java’s Function interface. For this Java Function interface example, we will ...

Java’s main function. Java’s main method is composed of six terms — three reserved words, the main method name, a reference type and a variable name: public – Java’s main function requires a public ...

JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 191 defines the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI), which are interfaces that can bind native functions to Java methods and can manage blocks of native memory.

Method and variable handles vs. Java reflection. To truly understand MethodHandles and VarHandles—what they do and why they are useful—it’s helpful to know a few things about reflection in Java.

Microsoft is adding support for Java to its Azure serverless compute service. On Oct. 4, Microsoft announced at the JavaOne show that it is making a public preview of Java support for Functions ...

News. Microsoft Partners with vFunction on New Java Refactoring Service. By John K. Waters; April 12, 2022; Makers of the vFunction cloud modernization platform are partnering with the Microsoft ...

Sun Microsystems, which created the Java language, believes there will be 20 million Java cell phones in use by the end of this year. Carriers, including Sprint PCS and Cingular in the United ...

The Azure Functions Web site promises developers they can "Use the programming language of your choice," and those choices just expanded yesterday (Feb. 25) with the general availability of Java ...