Java 8 Streams filter examples

Java 8 Streams filter examples

By mkyong | February 11, 2016 | Updated : April 3, 2017 | Viewed : 261,258 times +7,116 pv/w

In this tutorial, we will show you few Java 8 examples to demonstrate the use of Streams filter(), collect(), findAny() and orElse()

1. Streams filter() and collect()

1.1 Before Java 8, filter a List like this :

BeforeJava8.java

package com.mkyong.java8;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class BeforeJava8 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("spring", "node", "mkyong");
        List<String> result = getFilterOutput(lines, "mkyong");
        for (String temp : result) {
            System.out.println(temp);    //output : spring, node
        }

    }

    private static List<String> getFilterOutput(List<String> lines, String filter) {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (String line : lines) {
            if (!"mkyong".equals(line)) { // we dont like mkyong
                result.add(line);
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

}

Output

spring
node

1.2 The equivalent example in Java 8, stream.filter() to filter a List, and collect() to convert a stream into a List.

NowJava8.java

package com.mkyong.java8;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class NowJava8 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("spring", "node", "mkyong");

        List<String> result = lines.stream()                // convert list to stream
                .filter(line -> !"mkyong".equals(line))     // we dont like mkyong
                .collect(Collectors.toList());              // collect the output and convert streams to a List

        result.forEach(System.out::println);                //output : spring, node

    }

}

Output

spring
node