Java 8 stream and regular expression examples. Note Learn the basic regular expression at Wikipedia 1. String.matches(regex) 1.1 This example, check if the string is a number. JavaRegEx1.java package com.mkyong.regex; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class JavaRegEx1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> numbers = Arrays.asList("1", "20", "A1", "333", "A2A211"); for (String number […]
As title, we can use flatMap to convert it. Java9Example1.java package com.mkyong.test; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class Java9Example1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> numbers = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "A", "B", "C1D2E3"); List<List<String>> collect = numbers.stream() .map(x -> new Scanner(x).findAll("\\D+") .map(m -> m.group()) .collect(Collectors.toList()) ) .collect(Collectors.toList()); collect.forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); […]
Call the .values() method of the enum class to return an array, and loop it with the for loop: for (EnumClass obj : EnumClass.values()) { System.out.println(obj); } For Java 8, convert an enum into a stream and loop it: Stream.of(EnumClass.values()).forEach(System.out::println); 1. For Loop Enum 1.1 An enum to contain a list of the popular JVM […]
Few Java 8 examples to execute streams in parallel. 1. BaseStream.parallel() A simple parallel example to print 1 to 10. ParallelExample1.java package com.mkyong.java8; import java.util.stream.IntStream; public class ParallelExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Normal…"); IntStream range = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10); range.forEach(System.out::println); System.out.println("Parallel…"); IntStream range2 = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10); range2.parallel().forEach(System.out::println); } } Output Normal… 1 2 […]
The following Java examples will print a list of all the prime numbers up to 1,000: 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 […]
Java example to convert java.time.ZonedDateTime to java.sql.Timestamp and vice verse. 1. ZonedDateTime -> Timestamp TimeExample1.java package com.mkyong.jdbc; import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.ZonedDateTime; public class TimeExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now(); // 1. ZonedDateTime to TimeStamp Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(now.toLocalDateTime()); // 2. ZonedDateTime to TimeStamp , no different Timestamp timestamp2 = […]
Many examples are using the .count() as the terminal operation for .peek(), for example: Java 8 List<String> l = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D"); long count = l.stream().peek(System.out::println).count(); System.out.println(count); // 4 Output – It’s working fine. A B C D 4 However, for Java 9 and above, the peek() may print nothing: Java 9 and above […]
In Java, we can use Timestamp.valueOf(LocalDateTime) to convert a LocalDateTime into a Timestamp. 1. LocalDateTime Timestamp Java example to convert java.time.LocalDateTime to java.sql.Timestamp and vice verse. TimeExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.LocalDateTime; public class TimeExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // LocalDateTime to Timestamp LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now(); Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(now); […]
If Java 8, DateTimeFormatter, else SimpleDateFormat to change the date format in a String. 1. DateTimeFormatter (Java 8) Convert the String to LocalDateTime and change the date format with DateTimeFormatter DateFormatExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class DateFormatExample1 { // date format 1 private static final DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S"); // date […]
Only Streams whose source are an IO channel like Files.lines(Path, Charset) need to be closed. Read this Stream JavaDocs Streams have a BaseStream.close() method and implement AutoCloseable, but nearly all stream instances do not actually need to be closed after use. Generally, only streams whose source is an IO channel (such as those returned by […]
In Java, we have many ways to convert a File to a String. A text file for testing later. c:\\projects\\app.log A B C D E 1. Java 11 – Files.readString A new method Files.readString is added in java.nio.file.Files, it makes reading a string from File much easier. FileToString1.java package com.mkyong; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import […]
In Java, we can use new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(array)) to convert an Array into an ArrayList ArrayExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class ArrayExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] str = {"A", "B", "C"}; List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(str)); list.add("D"); list.forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); } } Output A B C D […]
Few Java examples to show you how to check if a String is numeric. 1. Character.isDigit() Convert a String into a char array and check it with Character.isDigit() NumericExample.java package com.mkyong; public class NumericExample { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(isNumeric("")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric(" ")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric(null)); // false System.out.println(isNumeric("1,200")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric("1")); […]
In the old days, we can use list.toArray(new String[0]) to convert a ArrayList<String> into a String[] StringArrayExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class StringArrayExample { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(); list.add("A"); list.add("B"); list.add("C"); // default, returns Object[], not what we want, // Object[] objects = list.toArray(); // […]
Start a Java class and hits this java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError, what is class file version 52 56? Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: TestHello has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 56.0), this version of the Java […]
This article focus on a few of the commonly used methods to read a file in Java. Files.lines, return a Stream (Java 8) Files.readString, returns a String (Java 11), max file size 2G. Files.readAllBytes, returns a byte[] (Java 7), max file size 2G. Files.readAllLines, returns a List<String> (Java 8) BufferedReader, a classic old friend (Java […]
In Java, we can use Files.write to create and write to a file. String content = "…"; Path path = Paths.get("/home/mkyong/test.txt"); // string -> bytes Files.write(path, content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); The Files.write also accepts an Iterable interface; it means this API can write a List to a file. List<String> list = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"); Files.write(path, list); Short History […]
In Java 8, we can use .toArray() to convert a Stream into an Array. 1. Stream -> String[] StreamString.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; public class StreamString { public static void main(String[] args) { String lines = "I Love Java 8 Stream!"; // split by space, uppercase, and convert to Array String[] result = Arrays.stream(lines.split("\\s+")) .map(String::toUpperCase) […]
The key is boxed() the IntStream into a Stream<Integer>, then only convert to an Array. StreamExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.stream.IntStream; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class StreamExample { public static void main(String[] args) { //int[] -> IntStream -> Stream<Integer> -> Integer[] int[] num = {3, 4, 5}; //1. int[] -> IntStream IntStream stream = Arrays.stream(num); […]
Few examples to show you how to sort a List with stream.sorted() 1. List 1.1 Sort a List with Comparator.naturalOrder() package com.mkyong.sorted; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class StreamApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = Arrays.asList("9", "A", "Z", "1", "B", "Y", "4", "a", "c"); /* List<String> sortedList = list.stream() […]
Fibonacci number – Every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding. Few Java examples to find the Fibonacci numbers. 1. Java 8 stream 1.1 In Java 8, we can use Stream.iterate to generate Fibonacci numbers like this : Stream.iterate(new int[]{0, 1}, t -> new int[]{t[1], t[0] + t[1]}) .limit(10) .forEach(x […]
In Java 8, we can use Stream.iterate to create stream values on demand, so called infinite stream. 1. Stream.iterate 1.1 Stream of 0 – 9 //Stream.iterate(initial value, next value) Stream.iterate(0, n -> n + 1) .limit(10) .forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); Output 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.2 Stream of odd numbers […]
The sum() method is available in the primitive int-value stream like IntStream, not Stream<Integer>. We can use mapToInt() to convert a stream integers into a IntStream. int sum = integers.stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).sum(); int sum = integers.stream().mapToInt(x -> x).sum(); Full example. Java8Stream.java package com.mkyong.concurrency; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Java8Stream { public static void main(String[] […]
In Java, we can use String.join(“,”, list) to join a List String with commas. 1. Java 8 1.1 String.join JavaStringExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class JavaStringExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = Arrays.asList("a","b","c"); String result = String.join(",", list); System.out.println(result); } } Output a,b,c 1.2 Stream Collectors.joining JavaStringExample2.java package […]
In pom.xml, defined this maven.compiler.source properties to tell Maven to use Java 8 to compile the project. 1. Maven Properties Java 8 pom.xml <properties> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> </properties> Java 7 pom.xml <properties> <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target> <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source> </properties> 2. Compiler Plugin Alternative, configure the plugin directly. pom.xml <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> […]
Java examples to show you how to convert a comma-separated String into a List and vice versa. 1. Comma-separated String to List TestApp1.java package com.mkyong.utils; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class TestApp1 { public static void main(String[] args) { String alpha = "A, B, C, D"; //Remove whitespace and split by comma List<String> result = […]
A series of Java 8 tips and examples, hope you like it. FAQs Some common asked questions. Java 8 forEach examples Java 8 Convert List to Map Java 8 Lambda : Comparator example Java 8 method references, double colon (::) operator Java 8 Streams filter examples Java 8 Streams map() examples 1. Functional Interface Java […]
Few Java 8 java.time.ZonedDateTime examples to show you how to convert a time zone between different countries. Table of contents 1. Convert LocalDateTime to ZonedDateTime 2. Malaysia (UTC+08:00) -> Japan (UTC+09:00) 3. France, Paris (UTC+02:00, DST) -> (UTC-05:00) 4. References 1. Convert LocalDateTime to ZonedDateTime The LocalDateTime has no time zone; to convert the LocalDateTime […]
A Java 8 example to display all the ZoneId and its OffSet hours and minutes. P.S Tested with Java 8 and 12 1. Display ZoneId and Offset DisplayZoneAndOffSet.java package com.mkyong; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.ZoneId; import java.time.ZoneOffset; import java.time.ZonedDateTime; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; public class DisplayZoneAndOffSet { public static final boolean SORT_BY_REGION = false; […]
A Java 8 example to show you how to convert a Stream to a List via Collectors.toList Java8Example1.java package com.mkyong.java8; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Java8Example1 { public static void main(String[] args) { Stream<String> language = Stream.of("java", "python", "node"); //Convert a Stream to List List<String> result = language.collect(Collectors.toList()); result.forEach(System.out::println); } } output […]
This article explains the Java 8 Stream.flatMap and how to use it. Topic What is flatMap? Why flat a Stream? flatMap example – Find a set of books. flatMap example – Order and LineItems. flatMap example – Splits the line by spaces. flatMap and Primitive type 1. What is flatMap()? 1.1 Review the below structure. […]
Few Java 8 examples to show you how to convert a List of objects into a Map, and how to handle the duplicated keys. Hosting.java package com.mkyong.java8 public class Hosting { private int Id; private String name; private long websites; public Hosting(int id, String name, long websites) { Id = id; this.name = name; this.websites […]
In Java, the System.getenv() returns an unmodifiable string Map view of the current system environment. Map<String, String> env = System.getenv(); // get PATH environment variable String path = System.getenv("PATH"); Table of contents. 1. Get a specified environment variable 2. UnsupportedOperationException 3. Display all environment variables 4. Sort the environment variables 5. Download Source Code 6. […]
In Java 8, we can use the new forEach to loop or iterate a Map, List, Set, or Stream. Topics Loop a Map Loop a List forEach and Consumer forEach and Exception handling forEach vs forEachOrdered 1. Loop a Map 1.1 Below is a normal way to loop a Map. public static void loopMapClassic() { […]
This article shows how to use the Java 8 DateTimeFormatter to check if a date format is valid in Java. Below are the requirements for a valid date. Year format, 1900, 2099 Month format, 1, 01, 2, 02… 12 Day format, 1, 01… 31 Leap year, February 29 days. Common year, February 28 days. Month […]
In Java, we can use the Java 1.7 FileVisitor or Apache Commons IO FileUtils.copyDirectory to copy a directory, which includes its sub-directories and files. This article shows a few of the common ways to copy a directory in Java. FileVisitor (Java 7+) FileUtils.copyDirectory (Apache commons-io) Custom Copy using Java 7 NIO and Java 8 Stream. […]
If we use the NIO Files.delete to delete a non-empty directory in Java, it throws DirectoryNotEmptyException; for legacy IO File.delete to delete a non-empty directory, it returns a false. The standard solution is to loop the directory recursively, and delete all its children’s contents first (sub-files or sub-directories), and delete the parent later. This example […]
In Java, there are many ways to create and write to a file. Files.newBufferedWriter (Java 8) Files.write (Java 7) PrintWriter File.createNewFile Note I prefer the Java 7 nio Files.write to create and write to a file, because it has much cleaner code and auto close the opened resources. Files.write( Paths.get(fileName), data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); 1. Java 8 Files.newBufferedWriter […]
This article shows how to get the current date time or timestamps in Java. import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.Instant; import java.util.Date; // 2025-03-07 21:34:46.504 // Get current java.sql.Timestamp Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis()); // 2025-03-07 21:34:46.504 // Get current java.sql.Timestamp from a Date Date date = new Date(); Timestamp timestamp2 = new Timestamp(date.getTime()); // convert Instant […]
In this tutorial, we will show you how to get the current date time from the new Java 8 java.time.* like Localdate, LocalTime, LocalDateTime, ZonedDateTime, Instant and also the legacy date time APIs like Date and Calendar. Table of contents 1. Get current date time in Java 2. java.time.LocalDate 3. java.time.LocalTime 4. java.time.LocalDateTime 5. java.time.ZonedDateTime […]
