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Quick Recap -
Project Structure:

Model Classes:
1. Employee
2. Department
3. Address

EmpDeptDto: DTO class having some fields.

Repository Layer: Service Layer:

1. EmployeeRepository 1. EmployeeService

2. DepartmentRepository 2. DepartmentService

Database: DatabaseProxy class consists of static data

Project Structure:

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Quick Recap -
Removing Duplicates from Streams - distinct()
distinct() method is used to remove duplicates from a stream
distinct() is a Stateful Intermediate Operation that returns a
stream consisting of the distinct elements (according to Object.
equals(Object)) of this stream.
Duplicate data is a common issue and distinct() helps clean it up.

Ex. Get unique numbers from a list

Output:

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Quick Recap -
Debugging Streams - peek()

peek() is an intermediate operation - It returns a stream

consisting of the elements of this stream, additionally performing
the provided action on each element as elements are consumed
from the resulting stream.
peek() method exists mainly to support debugging.
peek() method is used to observe elements during processing
without changing them.

Output:

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Quick Recap -
Fetch ‘n’ elements from a Stream - limit()
limit(n) method returns a stream consisting of the elements of
this stream, truncated to be no longer than maxSize in length.
This is a short-circuiting stateful intermediate operation.
limit(n) stops processing the stream after retrieving n elements,
even if more elements are present; so it is a short-circuiting
intermediate operation.
limit(n) must count the elements as it processes the stream to
determine when to stop; so it is a stateful intermediate operation

Ex. Get top 3 highest paid employees (EmployeeRepository)

Output:

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Quick Recap -
Ignore ‘n’ elements from a Stream - skip()
skip(n) method returns a stream consisting of the remaining
elements of this stream after discarding the first n elements of
the stream.
If this stream contains fewer than n elements then an empty
stream will be returned.
This is a stateful intermediate operation; as it tracks and
discards the first n elements.

Ex. Skip top 3 highest paid employees and get the remaining
employees (EmployeeRepository)

Output:

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Quick Recap -
Ignore ‘n’ elements from a Stream - skip()
skip(n) method returns a stream consisting of the remaining
elements of this stream after discarding the first n elements of
the stream.
If this stream contains fewer than n elements then an empty
stream will be returned.
This is a stateful intermediate operation; as it tracks and
discards the first n elements.

Ex. Skip top 3 highest paid employees and get the remaining
employees (EmployeeRepository)

Output:

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What are Terminal Operations?

Terminal operations trigger the processing of the stream and

produce a result (or a side-effect).
Terminal operations such as forEach and count return a non-
stream value and process a stream pipeline to return a result.
A stream is consumed after a terminal operation — it cannot be
reused.

List of Terminal Operations

forEach toArray
forEachOrdered allMatch
collect anyMatch
reduce noneMatch
max findFirst
min findAny
count

Highlighted Terminal operations have been covered in this

document and the associated video.

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Sequential Streams vs Parallel Streams

Sequential Streams
Processes elements one at a time, in encounter order.
Best for small to medium datasets or when order matters.
Use stream() of Collections method, Stream.of, Stream.iterate, etc.
by default create a sequential stream.

Parallel Streams
Processes elements concurrently using multiple threads.
Parallel streams do not guarantee element processing order,
even if the source is ordered.
Can boost performance on large datasets with multi-core CPUs.
If order matters, use methods like forEachOrdered() or choose
sequential streams.
Create parallel stream:
Use parallel() method on sequential stream
Use parallelStream() method on collection

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What is Encounter Order in Java Streams?

Encounter Order refers to the order in which elements are

encountered during stream processing, based on the source's
definition (like a List or Set).
Sources like Lists, Arrays and LinkedHashSet maintain encounter
order.
In Parallel Streams, encounter order can be lost unless you
explicitly use forEachOrdered() or ordered collectors.

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forEach() and forEachOrdered()
Both are terminal operations which executes a provided
Consumer on every element in the stream.
Both methods can produce the same result when used in a
sequential stream.
In a parallel stream, only forEachOrdered will preserve the
encounter order.

Sequential Streams

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forEach() and forEachOrdered()

Parallel Streams

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count()
Returns number of elements in Stream
This is a special case of a reduction and is equivalent to:
mapToLong(e -> 1L).sum();

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min(Comparator) | min()
Returns the minimum element of this stream according to the
provided Comparator. This is a special case of a reduction.
Returns empty optional if stream is empty.
Throws NullPointerException if minimum element is null.
Primitive streams like IntStream, LongStream and DoubleStream
have min() method that takes no argument; as numbers are
naturally comparable.

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Ex. Get minimum number from DoubleStream
(Primitive stream example)

Ouput:

Ex. Get lowest paid employee

Ouput:

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max(Comparator) | max()
Returns the maximum element of this stream according to the
provided Comparator. This is a special case of a reduction.
Returns empty optional if stream is empty.
Throws NullPointerException if maximum element is null.
Primitive streams like IntStream, LongStream and DoubleStream
have max() method that takes no argument; as numbers are
naturally comparable.

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Ex. Get maximum number from DoubleStream
(Primitive stream example)

Ouput:

Ex. Get highest paid employee

Ouput:

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toArray() | toArray(IntFunction)
Returns an array containing the elements of this stream.

Returns an array containing the elements of this stream, using

the provided generator function to allocate the returned array

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Ex. Get array of doubles from the stream of
Doubles – toArray()

Ouput:

Ex. Get array of employee IDs for employees with experience

less than 5 years – toArray(IntFunction)

Ouput:

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