Flatten a Stream of Map in Java using forEach loop

Given a Stream of Map in Java, the task is to Flatten the Stream using forEach() method.

Examples:

Input: map = {1=[1, 2], 2=[3, 4, 5, 6], 3=[7, 8, 9]}
Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Input: map = {1=[G, e, e, k, s], 2=[F, o, r], 3=[G, e, e, k, s]}
Output: [G, e, e, k, s, F, o, r]


Approach:

  1. Get the Map to be flattened.
  2. Create an empty list to collect the flattened elements.
  3. With the help of forEach loop, convert each elements of the Map values into stream and add it to the list
  4. This list is the required flattened map.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

Example 1: Using lists of integer.

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// Java program to flatten a stream of map
// using forEach() method
  
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function to flatten a Stream of Map
    public static <T> List<T> flattenStream(Collection<List<T> > lists)
    {
  
        // Create an empty list to collect the stream
        List<T> finalList = new ArrayList<>();
  
        // Using forEach loop
        // convert each list into stream
        // and add the stream into list
        for (List<T> list : lists) {
            list.stream()
                .forEach(finalList::add);
        }
  
        // Return the final flattened list
        return finalList;
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the map to be flattened.
        Map<Integer, List<Integer> > map = new HashMap<>();
        map.put(1, Arrays.asList(1, 2));
        map.put(2, Arrays.asList(3, 4, 5, 6));
        map.put(3, Arrays.asList(7, 8, 9));
  
        // Flatten the Stream
        List<Integer> flatList = flattenStream(map.values());
  
        // Print the flattened list
        System.out.println(flatList);
    }
}

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Output:


[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]





Example 2: Using lists of Characters.











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// Java program to flatten a stream of map 


// using forEach() method 


  


import java.util.*; 


import java.util.stream.*; 


  


class GFG { 


  


    // Function to flatten a Stream of Map 


    public static <T> List<T> flattenStream(Collection<List<T> > lists) 


    { 


  


        // Create an empty list to collect the stream 


        List<T> finalList = new ArrayList<>(); 


  


        // Using forEach loop 


        // convert each list into stream 


        // and add the stream into list 


        for (List<T> list : lists) { 


            list.stream() 


                .forEach(finalList::add); 


        } 


  


        // Return the final flattened list 


        return finalList; 


    } 


  


    public static void main(String[] args) 


    { 


  


        // Get the map to be flattened. 


        Map<Integer, List<Character> > map = new HashMap<>(); 


        map.put(1, Arrays.asList('G', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's')); 


        map.put(2, Arrays.asList('F', 'o', 'r')); 


        map.put(3, Arrays.asList('G', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's')); 


  


        // Flatten the Stream 


        List<Character> flatList = flattenStream(map.values()); 


  


        // Print the flattened list 


        System.out.println(flatList); 


    } 


} 



















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Output:


[G, e, e, k, s, F, o, r, G, e, e, k, s]






          
          
          
          

            

    

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