My impression from the openjdk code is that each lambda generates: 1. A method in its parent class. 2. An invokedynamic instruction at the call site. The inv

My impression from the openjdk code is that each lambda generates: 1. A method in its parent class. 2. An invokedynamic instruction at the call site. The invokedynamic instruction calls LambdaMetafactory, which compiles an anonymous class at runtime that calls method #1. So the only benefit of using invokedynamic is fewer class files, by deferring generating them until runtime.