public class MethodReferenceTest {

	@Test
	public void testMethodReference() throws Exception {
                // prints "Passed property is: getBar"
		new PropertyReferencer<>( Foo.class ).printProperty( Foo::getBar );
	}

	private interface Foo {
		public String getBar();
	}

	private static class PropertyReferencer<T> {

		private final T proxy;

		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
		public PropertyReferencer(Class<T> type) {
			InvocationHandler handler = new MethodNameRetrievalHandler();
			proxy = (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance( type.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { type }, handler );
		}

		private void printProperty(Function<T, ?> s) {
			String methodName = (String) s.apply( proxy );
			System.out.println( "Passed property is: " + methodName );
		}
	}

	private static class MethodNameRetrievalHandler implements InvocationHandler {

		@Override
		public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
			return method.getName();
		}
	}
}