Editing Comparison of C Sharp and Java (section)

=== C# delegates and equivalent Java constructs ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang=Java style="font-size:90%">
// a target class
class Target {
    public boolean targetMethod(String arg) {
        // do something
        return true;
    }
}

// usage
void doSomething() {
    // construct a target with the target method
    var target = new Target();

    // capture the method reference
    Function<String, Boolean> ivk = target::targetMethod;

    // invokes the referenced method
    var result = ivk.apply("argumentstring");
}
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<syntaxhighlight lang="csharp" style="font-size:90%">
    // a target class
    class Target
    {
        public bool TargetMethod(string arg)
        {
            // do something
            return true;
        }
    }

    // usage
    void DoSomething()
    {
        // construct a target with the target method
        var target = new Target();

        // capture the delegate for later invocation
        Func<string, bool> dlg = target.TargetMethod;

        // invoke the delegate
        bool result = dlg("argumentstring");
    }
</syntaxhighlight>
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