Method and variable handles vs. Java reflection. To truly understand MethodHandles and VarHandles—what they do and why they are useful—it’s helpful to know a few things about reflection in Java.

Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields ...

Java naming conventions for variables, methods and reference types are where things get a little more complicated. For example, you can start a Java variable with a dollar sign or an underscore -- but ...