Instance Method References
Description
We can get an instance method reference in two ways, from the object instance or from the class name.
Basically we have the following two forms.
- instance::MethodName
- ClassName::MethodName
Here the instance represents any object instance.
ClassName is the name of the
class, such as String, Integer.
instance and ClassName are called the receiver.
More specifically, instance is called bounded receiver while
ClassName is called unbounded receiver.
We call instance bounded receiver since the receiver is bounded to
the instance.
ClassName is unbouned receiver since the receiver is bounded later.