Return Lambda from Method in Java 8?

Question

I have just begun to use Java 8 and I am wondering if there is a way to write a method that returns a Function?

Right now I have method like below:

Answer 1

You are missing semi colons:

return (it) -> { return "Hello, world: " + it; };

Although as noted it can be shortened to:

return it -> "Hello, world: " + it;