Collectors class

 

The Collectors class is used with Stream.collect() to package elements for a terminal operation. Something like this:

List<String> alphabet = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c", "d");
List<String> otherAlphabet = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(toList());

The Collectors class has three important and useful methods: Collectors.toList, Collectors.toMap, and Collectors.toSet.

You have seen toList() above. Here is toMap().

Map<String, Integer> alphabetMap = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(toMap(letter -> letter, String::length))

Here is Collectors.toSet().

Set<String> result = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(toSet());

Here is Collectors.toCollection().

List<String> alphabetList = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(toCollection(LinkedList::new))

Here is Collectors.joining().

String joins = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(joining(" "));
"a b c d"

Here is Collectors.counting().

Long count = alphabet.stream()
  .collect(counting());

Result

4

 

Collectors.summarizingDouble() / Collectors.summarizingInt() / Collectors.summarizingLong(). This returns a SummaryStatistics class that contains statistical information about the elements.

public static void demoSummarizing() {
		DoubleSummaryStatistics alphabetStats = alphabet.stream()
				.collect(Collectors.summarizingDouble(letter -> letter.length()));

		System.out.println("average: "+alphabetStats.getAverage());
		System.out.println("count: "+alphabetStats.getCount());
		System.out.println("max: "+alphabetStats.getMax());
		System.out.println("sum: "+alphabetStats.getSum());
		System.out.println("min: "+alphabetStats.getMin());
}

Result

average: 1.0
count: 5
max: 1.0
sum: 5.0
min: 1.0

Collectors.groupingBy() is used for grouping objects by some property and storing results in a Map instance.

User[name=Aaron Holloway,age=16,height=6.626572070342046,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Nora Reyes,age=8,height=5.909744090999723,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Nia Allen,age=29,height=6.415385593055398,gender=MALE]
User[name=Quinton Hoover,age=25,height=6.549790026231361,gender=MALE]
User[name=Alannah Salinas,age=20,height=6.4459305179442605,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Jaylin Fleming,age=13,height=6.265460947673736,gender=FEMALE]
public static void demoGroupBy() {
		
		System.out.println("\ndemo group by\n");
		
		Map<String, Set<User>> userMap = users.stream()
				.collect(Collectors.groupingBy(user -> user.getGender(), Collectors.toSet()));

		Set<User> males = userMap.get("MALE");

		System.out.println("male size: "+males.size()+" . "+males);
		
		Set<User> females = userMap.get("FEMALE");
		
		System.out.println("female size: "+females.size()+" . "+females);
}

Result

demo group by

male size: 2 . [User[name=Nia Allen,age=29,height=6.415385593055398,gender=MALE], User[name=Quinton Hoover,age=25,height=6.549790026231361,gender=MALE]]
female size: 4 . [User[name=Aaron Holloway,age=16,height=6.626572070342046,gender=FEMALE], User[name=Jaylin Fleming,age=13,height=6.265460947673736,gender=FEMALE], User[name=Alannah Salinas,age=20,height=6.4459305179442605,gender=FEMALE], User[name=Nora Reyes,age=8,height=5.909744090999723,gender=FEMALE]]

Collectors.partioningBy() accepts a Predicate instance and collects Stream elements into a Map instance that stores Boolean values as keys and collections as values.

User[name=Johanna Dickson,age=22,height=6.4127723755001504,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Julian Jenkins,age=23,height=6.775657455958665,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Antwan Wheeler,age=26,height=6.637100653384031,gender=FEMALE]
User[name=Samantha Parsons,age=14,height=5.622675954086426,gender=MALE]
User[name=Nia Camacho,age=5,height=6.9896558044147294,gender=MALE]
User[name=Giselle Morris,age=6,height=5.580378836408688,gender=MALE]

Result

demo partioning by

adult size: 3 . [User[name=Johanna Dickson,age=22,height=6.4127723755001504,gender=FEMALE], User[name=Julian Jenkins,age=23,height=6.775657455958665,gender=FEMALE], User[name=Antwan Wheeler,age=26,height=6.637100653384031,gender=FEMALE]]
youngens size: 3 . [User[name=Samantha Parsons,age=14,height=5.622675954086426,gender=MALE], User[name=Nia Camacho,age=5,height=6.9896558044147294,gender=MALE], User[name=Giselle Morris,age=6,height=5.580378836408688,gender=MALE]]

 

 

 

 

 

 




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