Top "Invokedynamic" questions

What's invokedynamic and how do I use it?

I keep hearing about all the new cool features that are being added to the JVM and one of those …

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MethodHandle - What is it all about?

I am studying new features of JDK 1.7 and I just can't get it what MethodHandle is designed for? I understand (…

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How is String concatenation implemented in Java 9?

As written in JEP 280: Indify String Concatenation: Change the static String-concatenation bytecode sequence generated by javac to use invokedynamic calls …

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Should I use Groovy's @CompileStatic if I'm also using Java 7

I've read through the "What's new in Groovy 2.0" and I'm a bit confused about when to use @CompileStatic. The article …

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BootstrapMethodError caused by LambdaConversionException caused by using MethodHandle::invokeExact as a method reference

I was trying to check if it is possible to use MethodHandle::invoke or MethodHandle::invokeExact as method references for …

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