I am looking for a concise way to convert an Iterator
to a Stream
or more specifically to “view” the iterator as a stream.
For performance reason, I would like to avoid a copy of the iterator in a new list:
Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();
Collection<String> copyList = new ArrayList<String>();
sourceIterator.forEachRemaining(copyList::add);
Stream<String> targetStream = copyList.stream();
Based on the some suggestions in the comments, I have also tried to use Stream.generate
:
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();
Stream<String> targetStream = Stream.generate(sourceIterator::next);
targetStream.forEach(System.out::println);
}
However, I get a NoSuchElementException
(since there is no invocation of hasNext
)
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
at java.util.AbstractList$Itr.next(AbstractList.java:364)
at Main$$Lambda$1/1175962212.get(Unknown Source)
at java.util.stream.StreamSpliterators$InfiniteSupplyingSpliterator$OfRef.tryAdvance(StreamSpliterators.java:1351)
at java.util.Spliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterator.java:326)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:580)
at Main.main(Main.java:20)
I have looked at StreamSupport
and Collections
but I didn’t find anything.
9 s
One way is to create a Spliterator
from the Iterator
and use that as a basis for your stream:
Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();
Stream<String> targetStream = StreamSupport.stream(
Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(sourceIterator, Spliterator.ORDERED),
false);
An alternative which is maybe more readable is to use an Iterable
– and creating an Iterable
from an Iterator
is very easy with lambdas because Iterable
is a functional interface:
Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();
Iterable<String> iterable = () -> sourceIterator;
Stream<String> targetStream = StreamSupport.stream(iterable.spliterator(), false);