Method references in Java are part of the broader set of features introduced and enhanced in Java 8 and beyond. They are a concise way to refer to methods of classes or objects.

Java 8 was released in March 2014 and introduced lambda expressions as its flagship feature. This article sheds light on how Java 8 lambda expressions and method references are implemented under ...

That rule’s Summary is that “Methods should not have too many parameters” and its description is: “This audit rule finds methods that have more than the specified number of parameters.