How would I turn this lambda function to a simple function?

I’m trying to understand lambda formatting in Java and could really use some help converting this function into a standard function to see how this works:

Callback<ListView<Contacts>, ListCell <Contacts>> factory = lv -> new ListCell<>() {
    @Override
    protected void updateItem(Contacts item, boolean empty) {
        super.updateItem(item, empty);
        setText(empty ? "-" :( "[" + item.getContactID() + "] " + item.getContactName()));
    }
};

Answer

Start with the code to create an anonymous Callback object:

Callback<ListView<Contacts>, ListCell<Contacts>> factory = new Callback<>() {
    @Override
    public ListCell<Contacts> call(ListView<Contacts> lv) {
    }
};

Then paste in the right hand side of the -> lambda operator as call()‘s method body. The only modification needed is to make it a return statement:

Callback<ListView<Contacts>, ListCell<Contacts>> factory = new Callback<>() {
    @Override
    public ListCell<Contacts> call(ListView<Contacts> lv) {
        return new ListCell<>() {
            @Override
            protected void updateItem(Contacts item, boolean empty) {
                super.updateItem(item, empty);
                setText(empty ? "-" :( "[" + item.getContactID() + "] " + item.getContactName()));
            }
        };
    }
};