Merging two arrayLists into a new arrayList, with no duplicates and in order, in Java

Question

I am trying to \"combine\" two arrayLists, producing a new arrayList that contains all the numbers in the two combined arrayLists, but without any duplicate elements and the

Answer 1

Here is one solution using java 8:

Stream.of(list1, list2)
    .flatMap(Collection::stream)
    .distinct()
    // .sorted() uncomment if you want sorted list
    .collect(Collectors.toList());