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Introduction Functional interfaces have become a cornerstone of modern Java programming, especially with the introduction of streams and lambda expressions. However, there are some implementations that might surprise even experienced developers. This article explores one such implementation pattern and demonstrates how method references can be ...

Method referecnes in Java 8 provide a concise syntax to refer directly to methods or constructors without executing them. They are useful when a lambda expression merely calls an existing method, allowing the code to be more readable and reusable. Consider a Person class: public class Person { public enum Sex { MALE, FEMALE } String na ...