Just another update

Task/Delegates/Java/delegates-2.java

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+package delegate;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface Thingable {
+  public String thing();
+}

Task/Delegates/Java/delegates-3.java

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+package delegate;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface Delegator {
+  public Thingable delegate();
+  public Delegator delegate(Thingable thingable);
+
+  public static Delegator new_() {
+    return $Delegator.new_();
+  }
+
+  public default String operation() {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(delegate())
+      .map(Thingable::thing)
+      .orElse("default implementation")
+    ;
+  }
+}

Task/Delegates/Java/delegates-4.java

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+package delegate;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+/* package */ interface $Delegator extends Delegator {
+  @Override
+  public default Delegator delegate(Thingable thingable) {
+    return new_(thingable);
+  }
+
+  public static $Delegator new_() {
+    return new_(() -> null);
+  }
+
+  public static $Delegator new_(Thingable thingable) {
+    return () -> thingable;
+  }
+}

Task/Delegates/Java/delegates-5.java

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+package delegate;
+
+public final class Delegate implements Thingable {
+  @Override
+  public String thing() {
+    return "delegate implementation";
+  }
+}

Task/Delegates/Java/delegates-6.java

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+package delegate;
+
+// Example usage
+// Memory management ignored for simplification
+public interface DelegateTest {
+  public static String thingable() {
+    return "method reference implementation";
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String... arguments) {
+    // Without a delegate:
+    Delegator d1 = Delegator.new_();
+    assert d1.operation().equals("default implementation");
+
+    // With a delegate:
+    Delegator d2 = d1.delegate(new Delegate());
+    assert d2.operation().equals("delegate implementation");
+
+    // Same as the above, but with an anonymous class:
+    Delegator d3 = d2.delegate(new Thingable() {
+      @Override
+      public String thing() {
+        return "anonymous delegate implementation";
+      }
+    });
+    assert d3.operation().equals("anonymous delegate implementation");
+
+    // Same as the above, but with a method reference:
+    Delegator d4 = d3.delegate(DelegateTest::thingable);
+    assert d4.operation().equals("method reference implementation");
+
+    // Same as the above, but with a lambda expression:
+    Delegator d5 = d4.delegate(() -> "lambda expression implementation");
+    assert d5.operation().equals("lambda expression implementation");
+  }
+}