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12.09.2014, 19:36, Steven Simpson kirjoitti:
> On 12/09/14 16:36, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> On 9/12/2014 08:11, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> The second question is, what type is test.main()?  I want to be able to
>>> put it into a Map.
>>
>> Now that I think about it, I don't think that is possible.
> 
> import java.util.*;
> 
> public class TestApplication {
>     public interface Application {
>         void main(String... args) throws Exception;
>     }
> 
>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>         Map<String, Application> map = new HashMap<>();
>         map.put("self", TestApplication::main);
>     }
> }
> 
> 
> 

That does not compute. Or is this some Java 8 new feature? I thought
methods are not "first class citizens" in Java...

I would say

map.put("something", new Application {
   void main(String... args) throws Exception
   {
      throw new Exception("WTF?");
   }
});


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