Straw man section 7: Method References

[Stephen Colebourne]

2009/12/14 David Goodenough <david.goodenough at linkchoose.co.uk>:
> A field reference is a means to get rid of String literal field names from
> places like Beans, Beans Bindings, and JPA.  String literal fields are
> uncheckable by compilers/IDEs, IDEs can not refactor them and can
> not provide context assist for them.

You are talking about Method and Field *literals*, not Method
*references*. See FCM for the distinction.

Mark Reinhold is only considering adding Method *references* to JDK 7
at the moment.

Stephen