Java 8 中 map() 和 flatMap()的那些事

两个方法的背景

这两个方法看起来作着一样的事情，但实际上又有些不同。看源码部分是这样的

package java.util.stream;

map()方法

/**
* @param <R> The element type of the new stream
* @param mapper a <a href="package-summary.html#NonInterference">non-interfering</a>,
* <a href="package-summary.html#Statelessness">stateless</a>
*               function to apply to each element
* @return the new stream
*/
    <R> Stream<R> map(Function<? super T, ? extends R> mapper);

flatMap()方法

/**
* @param <R> The element type of the new stream
* @param mapper a <a href="package-summary.html#NonInterference">non-interfering</a>,
* <a href="package-summary.html#Statelessness">stateless</a>
* function to apply to each element which produces a stream
* of new values
* @return the new stream
*/
<R> Stream<R> flatMap(Function<? super T, ? extends Stream<? extends R>> mapper);

Stream map() Method

看源码作推测，map是一种中间操做，返回的是Stream

代码测试

map()方法

public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Output with simple list");
        List<String> vowels = Arrays.asList("A", "E", "I", "O", "U");
        vowels.stream().map(vowel -> vowel.toLowerCase())
                .forEach(value -> System.out.println(value));
        List<String> haiList = new ArrayList<>();
        haiList.add("hello");
        haiList.add("hai");
        haiList.add("hehe");
        haiList.add("hi");
        System.out.println("Output with nested List of List<String>");
        List<String> welcomeList = new ArrayList<>();
        welcomeList.add("You got it");
        welcomeList.add("Don't mention it");
        welcomeList.add("No worries.");
        welcomeList.add("Not a problem");
        List<List<String>> nestedList = Arrays.asList(haiList, welcomeList);
        nestedList.stream().map(list -> {
            return list.stream().map(value -> value.toUpperCase());
        }).forEach(value -> System.out.println(value));
    }

Output

Output with simple list
a
e
i
o
u
Output with nested List of List<String>
java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3@3b9a45b3
java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3@7699a589

flatMap()方法

public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<String> haiList = new ArrayList<>();
        haiList.add("hello");
        haiList.add("hai");
        haiList.add("hehe");
        haiList.add("hi");
        System.out.println("Output with nested List of List<String>");
        List<String> welcomeList = new ArrayList<>();
        welcomeList.add("You got it");
        welcomeList.add("Don't mention it");
        welcomeList.add("No worries.");
        welcomeList.add("Not a problem");
        List<List<String>> nestedList = Arrays.asList(haiList, welcomeList);
        nestedList.stream().flatMap(
                list -> list.stream())
                .map(value -> value.toUpperCase())
                .forEach(value -> System.out.println(value));
    }

Output

Output with nested List of List<String>
HELLO
HAI
HEHE
HI
YOU GOT IT
DON'T MENTION IT
NO WORRIES.
NOT A PROBLEM

Java 8 map() vs flatMap()

• map（）和flatMap（）方法均可以应用于Stream <T>和Optional <T>。 而且都返回Stream <R>或Optional <U>。
• 区别在于，映射操做为每一个输入值生成一个输出值，而flatMap操做为每一个输入值生成任意数量（零个或多个）的值。 在flatMap（）中，每一个输入始终是一个集合，能够是List或Set或Map。 映射操做采用一个函数，该函数将为输入流中的每一个值调用，并生成一个结果值，该结果值将发送到输出流。 flatMap操做采用的功能在概念上想消耗一个值并产生任意数量的值。 可是，在Java中，方法返回任意数量的值很麻烦，由于方法只能返回零或一个值。

代码

public static void main(String[] args) {

        List<Stream> together = Stream.of(Arrays.asList(1, 2), Arrays.asList(3, 4)) // Stream of List<Integer>
                .map(List::stream)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());

        System.out.println("Output with map() -> "+together);


        List<Integer> togetherFlatMap = Stream.of(Arrays.asList(1, 2), Arrays.asList(3, 4)) // Stream of List<Integer>
                .flatMap(List::stream)
                .map(integer -> integer + 1)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());

        System.out.println("Output with flatMap() -> "+togetherFlatMap);
    }

Output

Output with map() -> [java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head@16b98e56, java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head@7ef20235]
Output with flatMap() -> [2, 3, 4, 5]