convert iterator to list in java

In this tutorial, we will learn convert iterator to list in java

Here we are giving two approach to convert iterator to list in java

Syntax in Java 8

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
iterator.forEachRemaining(list::add);

Syntax in Java 7

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
  String string = (String) iterator.next();
  list.add(string);
}

Example

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class IteratorToList {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		Iterator<String> iterator = Arrays.asList("Rajesh", "Kumar", "Beginners", "Bug").iterator();
		convertToListJava7(iterator);
		convertToListJava8(iterator);

	}

	/**
	 * Java 7 Approach
	 * 
	 * @param iterator
	 * @return
	 */
	public static ArrayList<String> convertToListJava7(Iterator<String> iterator) {
		ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
			String string = (String) iterator.next();
			list.add(string);
		}

		return list;
	}

	/**
	 * Java 8 Apporach
	 * 
	 * @param iterator
	 * @return
	 */
	public static ArrayList<String> convertToListJava8(Iterator<String> iterator) {
		ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
		iterator.forEachRemaining(list::add);
		return list;
	}

}

Github

https://github.com/rkumar9090/BeginnersBug/blob/master/BegineersBug/src/com/geeks/example/list/IteratorToList.java

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