C# code passing void as argument? What's that in Java?

Question

I'm translating a small program from C# to Java. There's 1 line left that I'm wondering about:

Thread eventReadingThread = new Thread(() => ReadEvents(url, streamingMode));
...
        static void ReadEvents(String serviceURL, bool streamingMode)
    {
        if (streamingMode)
        {
            WebRequest httpClient = WebRequest.Create(serviceURL);
            httpClient.Method = "GET";
            byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
...

I interpret the first line here as "True if ReadEvents returns less than empty array". However it doesn't make any sense, both because void arguments don't compile and because a boolean argument doesn't fit the constructor for Thread.

What would this be in Java?

Answer 1

What would it be in Java?

In Java 8 you just turn => to ->.

{
    Thread thread = new Thread(() -> readEvents(url, streamingMode));
}

static void readEvents(String serviceUrl, boolean streamingMode) {
    // ...
}

I interpret the first line here as .... What is the code trying to do?

You need to read up on lambda expressions (Java, C#). In this case it is "create me a Runnable or ThreadStart that calls the method readEvents.