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John Student
John Student

Reputation: 308

Java: pass a non void method with parameter as a parameter of another method

I'm struggling with a little java trick which is: how to pass a non void method with one parameter as a parameter (or two) of another method ? I guess this will involve Function or Biconsumer, and I've been trying with it. But I didn't manage to make it work... The exact context is quiet simple: I'm working on Fix messages with Quickfixj librairy and I need to call in the class Message:

I've been trying this:

public static < T > void setFieldsMap(int fieldTag,
                                          Function< Integer, T > messageGetter,
                                          String fieldKey ) throws FieldNotFound {
            this.fieldsMap.put( fieldKey, String.valueOf( messageGetter.apply( fieldTag ) ) );
}

Which I wanted to call like that:

setFieldsMap( myTag, message::getString, "MY_KEY" );

But this doesn't compile. I'm getting the following error: "int is not a functional interface".

Of course I already checked Google but it didn't give me a fitting solution. I only found solution to call a method without parameter.

I've been using Function to call a getter without parameter, or Biconsumer to call a setter with a parameter. But it seems that calling a non void method with one parameter isn't that easy...

Does anyone has a clue to make this work? Thanks a lot for your time and your help guys! :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 759

Answers (2)

Lennart
Lennart

Reputation: 91

You method input argument Function< Integer, T > messageGetter means that you have to supply a function or method reference that takes an Integer as input and returns T as output.

The method reference message::getString is not a valid input argument, because getString(String s) takes a String as input, not an Integer.

Just imagine if you could supply that argument, then the method's implementation messageGetter.apply(fieldTag) would essentially read as message.getString(fieldTag), which would not work, because fieldTag is an int.

Upvotes: 2

Mark Bramnik
Mark Bramnik

Reputation: 42441

At the current form the code won't compile because you can't really access this. from the static method.

Other than that you can start off with the following (I've removed the irrelevant parts):

class Sample {
    public static < T > void setFieldsMap(int fieldTag,
                                         Function< Integer, T > messageGetter,
                                         String fieldKey )  {
         messageGetter.apply(fieldTag);

    }

}
public class SampleTest {

    private static String toString(Integer  val) { // an example of method
        System.out.println("Converting " + val);
        return val.toString();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Sample.setFieldsMap(123, SampleTest::toString, "someKey");
    }
}

Another point to consider is that T is not really used, so it can be substituted with ?

class Sample {

    public static void setFieldsMap(int fieldTag,
                                    Function< Integer, ? > messageGetter,
                                    String fieldKey )  {
         messageGetter.apply(fieldTag);

    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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