Java OCP 8 Programmer II StudyGuide: page 557 (Chapter 4 mock explanation) #12 errata?

[Mikhail Saltyshev]

Correct answers should be A, F, G, and E. Consumer<String> can be assigned String::new.

Consumer<String> c = String::new;

Tested with JDK 1.8

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch
Please explain more about the question; most of us don't have that book.

[Mikhail Saltyshev]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Welcome to the Ranch
Please explain more about the question; most of us don't have that book.

[Campbell Ritchie]

If you simply ask which of those lines of code will compile,

Supplier<String> sup = String::new;

...will compile too. There must be more to it than that.

[Mikhail Saltyshev]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:If you simply ask which of those lines of code will compile,

Supplier<String> sup = String::new;

...will compile too. There must be more to it than that.

What do you mean? The question is "Which functional interfaces complete the following code? (Choose all that apply)". The answer should be: A, F, G, as well as E, since Consumer<String> can also complete the first line.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Added to an errata. Have a cow for being the first to notice after all this time!

Luckily, we did fix this in our Java 11 book.