After reading this section, check out Method References in Java 8 (Toby Weston, February 2014) for more insight into method references in bound and unbound non-static method contexts.

Java’s main function Java’s main method is composed of six terms — three reserved words, the main method name, a reference type and a variable name: public – Java’s main function requires a public ...

I understand that static methods allow you to use those methods without having to create an instance of that class, and that class methods apply to the class rather than an object.