I am looking to pass an external parameter to a method reference:
String prefix = "The number is :";
numbers.forEach(Main::printWithPrefix);
private static void printWithPrefix(Integer number) {
System.out.println(number);
}
I am no idea on how to do it. I am able to do it with a lambda:
String prefix = "The number is :";
numbers.forEach(number -> {
System.out.println(prefix + number);
});
Is it possible to pass an external parameter to a method reference?
解决方案
No, you cannot pass a parameter to a method reference. What you can do is create a method which returns a Consumer:
private static Consumer printWithPrefix(String prefix) {
return number -> System.out.println(prefix + number);
}
This then works as a factory for creating a Consumer that you can pass to numbers.forEach:
String prefix = "The number is :";
numbers.forEach(printWithPrefix(prefix));
You can even make it a bit more general, creating a printWithPrefix method that takes a Consumer as an argument so that you could pass in a different one if you'd want to:
private static Consumer printWithPrefix(String prefix,
Consumer printer) {
return number -> {
System.out.print(prefix);
printer.accept(number);
};
}
You could use it, for example, with a printNumber method:
private static void printNumber(Integer number) {
System.out.println(number);
}
String prefix = "The number is :";
numbers.forEach(printWithPrefix(prefix, Main::printNumber));