How can I create a stream from an array?

Question

Currently whenever I need to create stream from an array, I do

String[] array = {\"x1\", \"x2\"};
Arrays.asList(array).stream();

Is there s

Answer 1

rarely seen, but this is the directest way

Stream.Builder builder = Stream.builder();
for( int i = 0; i < array.length; i++ )
  builder.add( array[i] );
Stream stream = builder.build();