Use of constructor reference where constructor has a non-empty parameter list

Question

Given..

List<Foo> copy(List<Foo> foos) {
    return foos
            .stream()
            .map(foo -> new Foo(foo))
            .collect(Collectors.toList());
}

IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1 reports that new Foo(foo) "can be replaced with method reference".

I'm aware of the Foo::new syntax for the no-arg constructor, but don't see how I could pass foo in as an argument. I'm surely missing something here.

Answer 1

I'm aware of the Foo::new syntax for the no-arg constructor

That's not what Foo::new does. This expression will expand to what is needed in the context it's used.

In this case

List<Foo> copy(List<Foo> foos) {
    return foos.stream().map(Foo::new).collect(Collectors.toList());
}

would look for a constructor that needed a Foo argument.