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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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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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How can I improve performance of Field.set (perhap using MethodHandles)?

I'm writing some code that calls Field.set and Field.get many many thousands of times. Obviously this is very …

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