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What Are Streams in Java 8

Streams in Java 8 are a powerful API for processing sequences of data, allowing for complex operations on collections in a more readable and concise manner using functional programming. Benefits include improved code readability, support for parallel processing, lazy evaluation, and easy data transformation and filtering. The document also outlines various Java Stream interface methods such as filter, map, and reduce, which facilitate data processing tasks.

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What Are Streams in Java 8

Streams in Java 8 are a powerful API for processing sequences of data, allowing for complex operations on collections in a more readable and concise manner using functional programming. Benefits include improved code readability, support for parallel processing, lazy evaluation, and easy data transformation and filtering. The document also outlines various Java Stream interface methods such as filter, map, and reduce, which facilitate data processing tasks.

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Java/ Q40

WHAT ARE
STREAMS
IN JAVA8 ?
Ravi Bisht
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What are Streams ?

Streams API was added in Java 8

1. Streams in Java 8 are a powerful tool


for processing sequences of data.
2. They allow you to perform complex
operations on collections of objects
(like lists or sets).
3. Streams enable a more readable and
concise way of handling data.
4. This is achieved using a functional
programming style.

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Benefits of using streams ?
1. Readable and Concise Code: Streams
simplify complex data tasks, making
code clearer and easier to maintain.
2. Functional Programming Style: Supports
lambda expressions and method
references.
3. Parallel Processing: Streams can be
processed in parallel, which improves
performance on multi-core processors.
4. Lazy Evaluation: Operations run only
when needed, optimizing performance
by avoiding unnecessary computations.

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Benefits of using streams ?
5. Easy Transformation and Filtering:
Provides methods like map, filter, and
flatMap to simplify data processing.
6. Reduction Operations: Supports
operations like reduce, collect, and
count for easy data aggregation.
7. Pipelining: Allows chaining operations
into a fluent and readable processing
pipeline.
8. Consistency with Collections:
Easy to work with Java Collections

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Java Stream Interface Methods
allMatch
It returns all elements of this stream
which match the provided predicate
anyMatch
It returns any element of this stream that
matches the provided predicate
count
It returns the count of elements in this
stream
distinct
It returns a stream consisting of the
distinct elements of this stream.
empty
It returns an empty sequential Stream
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Java Stream Interface Methods
filter
It returns a stream consisting of the
elements of this stream that match the
given predicate
findAny
It returns an Optional describing some
element of the stream, or an empty
Optional if the stream is empty
findFirst
It returns an Optional describing the first
element of this stream, or an empty
Optional if the stream is empty
forEach
It performs an action for each element of
this stream.
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Java Stream Interface Methods
flatMap
It allows you to transform each element
of a stream into a new stream of
elements, and then combine all those
streams into a single stream
forEachOrdered
The forEachOrdered method in Java
Streams ensures that the specified action
is performed on each element of the
stream in the encounter order, even
when the stream is parallel
reduce
It performs a reduction on the elements
of this stream, using an associative
accumulation function
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Java Stream Interface Methods
map
It returns a stream consisting of the
results of applying the given function to
the elements of this stream
max
It returns the maximum element of this
stream according to the provided
Comparator
min
It returns the minimum element of this
stream according to the provided
Comparator
toArray
It returns an array containing the
elements of this stream
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Java Stream Interface Methods
skip
It returns a stream consisting of the
remaining elements of this stream after
discarding the first n elements of the
stream
sorted
It returns a stream consisting of the
elements of this stream, sorted according
to natural order
peek
The peek method in Java Streams
provides a way to observe the elements
as they pass through the stream pipeline,
mainly to support debugging
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