title: Are there delegates in Java 8?
body: <p>Are there delegates in Java 8?</p>
  
  <p>If not, how do we have lambda expressions in JDK 8 <em>without delegates</em>?</p>
  
  <p>What are <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">method references</a>? Are they the same as delegates?</p>