[SOLVED] How do method references in RxJava work?

How do method references in RxJava work?

Can someone explain me, how come both of the lambdas can be replaced with method references here?

In RxJava, map() takes a parameter of type Func1<T, R>, whose comment states that it "Represents a function with one argument". Thus I completely understand why valueOf(Object) works here. But trim() takes no arguments at all.

So how does this work exactly?

Observable.just("")
    .map(s -> String.valueOf(s))  //lambdas
    .map(s -> s.trim())           //

    .map(String::valueOf)         //method references
    .map(String::trim)            //
    .subscribe();

Solution

I didn't play with RX in java, but please note, that String::valueOf is a static (aka unbound) function, while String::trim is a non-static (aka bound) function that have indirect this argument. So, in fact, both function takes single argument. In Java it's not that visible as it is in Python for example.