Advanced
Stream
Operations in
Java 8
👉 flatMap() | groupingBy() |
partitioningBy()
Take your functional programming to the next level.
SWIPE
Why Advanced Stream
Operations?
Basic Stream operations → map(), filter(),
collect()
But REAL applications require :
✔ Transforming nested data
✔ Categorizing items
✔ Grouping results
✔ Aggregating large datasets
➡️ That’s where flatMap(), groupingBy(),
partitioningBy() become powerful
flatMap() — Flatten + Map 🧩
❓ Problem :
What if you have a list inside another list?
Example :
List<List<Integer>> nums =
[Link](
[Link](1, 2),
[Link](3, 4)
);
❗ map() will give → Stream<List<Integer>>
But we need → Stream<Integer>
✔ flatMap() solves this :
List<Integer> result =
[Link]()
.flatMap(list -> [Link]())
.collect([Link]());
Output : [1, 2, 3, 4]
flatMap = flatten + transform → solves nested structure problems.