Method references in annotations?

[Neal Gafter]

I am not sure what you're trying to say in this message.  Method.invoke is a
method.  SAMs are interface types.  I don't know what it means to treat a
method as a type.  Do you mean to suggest treating java.lang.Method as a
SAM?  It has little in common with them.

On Saturday, August 13, 2011, Jason Schroeder <shrode at subnature.com> wrote:
> I am trying to implement something so there is something which to
> refer amongst the interested parties.
>
> However, I am guessing that making #Person.getLastName a new kind of
> literal is NOT the initial way to make a pitch.   A new literal needs
> context in a language, or at least arguments why some operations over
> literals exist (or do not exist).
>
> I perceive a more expansive implementation (to be possibly rejected)
> should be made for discussion.  Namely, as a start, to make
> Method.invoke behave like a special SAM, a SAM that trivially
> implements any and all methods.  Then perhaps, #Person.getLastName is
> not a new literal for Method, but is boxed as a Method.
>