Error Compiling Example from Documentation

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On 07/12/10 12:16, Felix Schmidt wrote:
> Everybody,
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> I tried to compile this example from the documentation:
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> |class Person {
>       private final String name;
>       private final int age;
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>       public static int compareByAge(Person a, Person b) { return a.name.compareTo(b.name) }
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>       public static int compareByName(Person a, Person b) { return a - b; }
> }
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> Person[] people = ... // replaced by something
> Arrays.sort(people, #Person.compareByAge);
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>
> The javac (lambda included) compiler reports me: lambda/Main.java:[46,29] '{' expected
>
> Is this feature not yet implemented? How could I get this compiled?
>    
The currently implemented syntax for method references is the infix one 
- as such your example should be rewritten as follows:

Person[] people = ... // replaced by something
Arrays.sort(people, Person#compareByAge);


Please refer to the latest syntax tutorial:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/attachments/20101019/ef738c7f/attachment-0001.txt

Maurizio
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