java integer 相加,为什么Java 8引入* Integer.sum（int a，int b）*

I just noticed that JDK8 introduced this method for Integer class:

/**

* Adds two integers together as per the + operator.

*

* @param a the first operand

* @param b the second operand

* @return the sum of {@code a} and {@code b}

* @see java.util.function.BinaryOperator

* @since 1.8

*/

public static int sum(int a, int b) {

return a + b;

}

What's the point of this method? Why should i call this method instead of using the + operator? The only possibility I can think of is that, for instance, when mixing strings and ints the + operator changes meaning, so

System.out.println("1"+2+3); // prints 123

System.out.println("1"+Integer.sum(2,3)); // prints 15

but using parenthesis would work anyway

System.out.println("1"+(2+3)); // prints 15

解决方案

It can be useful as a method reference (Integer::sum) passed to a method that requires a relevant functional interface (IntBinaryOperator).

For example :

int sum = IntStream.range(1,500).reduce(0,Integer::sum);

Of course, this example can use .sum() instead of reduce. I just noticed that the Javadoc for IntStream.sum mention this exact reduction as being equivalent to sum().