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Java Stream API Collectors Guide

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Java Stream API and Collectors, detailing methods, examples, and important considerations. It covers stream creation, intermediate and terminal operations, primitive streams, and common collectors, highlighting frequently used methods. Additionally, it addresses corner cases and offers a cheat sheet for quick reference.

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Java Stream API Collectors Guide

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Java Stream API and Collectors, detailing methods, examples, and important considerations. It covers stream creation, intermediate and terminal operations, primitive streams, and common collectors, highlighting frequently used methods. Additionally, it addresses corner cases and offers a cheat sheet for quick reference.

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Java Stream API & Collectors —

Complete Guide (Java 17+)


This guide covers every important method of Java Stream API and Collectors with examples,
explanations, and corner cases. Commonly used methods are marked with ★.

1) Stream Model & Lifecycle


• Stream is lazy and one-time use
• Intermediate ops vs terminal ops
• Parallel streams need caution

2) Creating Streams
• Stream.of(), empty(), builder()
• Arrays.stream(), Collection.stream()
• Stream.iterate(), generate()
• Files.lines(), Pattern.splitAsStream()
• Stream.concat()

Stream<Integer> s = Stream.iterate(1, n -> n + 1).limit(5);


s.forEach(System.out::println);

3) Intermediate Operations
★ filter, map, flatMap, distinct, sorted, limit, skip, peek, takeWhile, dropWhile

List<Integer> lengths = List.of("hi","stream","api").stream()


.filter(w -> w.length() > 2)
.map(String::length)
.toList();

4) Terminal Operations
★ forEach, collect, toList, reduce, count, min, max, anyMatch, allMatch, findFirst, findAny

var list = List.of(1,2,3);


var a = list.stream().toList(); // unmodifiable
var b = list.stream().collect(Collectors.toList()); // mutable

5) Primitive Streams
★ IntStream.range, rangeClosed, sum, average, summaryStatistics, boxed()
6) Collectors
★ toList, toSet, toMap, groupingBy, partitioningBy, counting, joining, summingInt, teeing

Map<Character, Long> counts = List.of("Dog","dove","Cat").stream()


.collect(Collectors.groupingBy(s ->
Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(0)),
Collectors.counting()));

7) Corner Cases & Tips


• Stream reuse throws IllegalStateException
• distinct needs equals/hashCode
• toMap duplicate keys => IllegalStateException
• Always close IO streams
• peek only for debugging

8) Cheat Sheet
★ map, filter, collect(toList), groupingBy, toMap(mergeFn), summaryStatistics, joining

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