Zipping streams using JDK8 with lambda (java.util.stream.Streams.zip)

Question

In JDK 8 with lambda b93 there was a class java.util.stream.Streams.zip in b93 which could be used to zip streams (this is illustrated in the tutorial Exploring Java8 Lambda

Answer 1

AOL's cyclops-react, to which I contribute, also provides zipping functionality, both via an extended Stream implementation, that also implements the reactive-streams interface ReactiveSeq, and via StreamUtils that offers much of the same functionality via static methods to standard Java Streams.

 List> list =  ReactiveSeq.of(1,2,3,4,5,6)
                                                  .zip(Stream.of(100,200,300,400));


  List> list = StreamUtils.zip(Stream.of(1,2,3,4,5,6),
                                                  Stream.of(100,200,300,400));

It also offers more generalized Applicative based zipping. E.g.

   ReactiveSeq.of("a","b","c")
              .ap3(this::concat)
              .ap(of("1","2","3"))
              .ap(of(".","?","!"))
              .toList();

   //List("a1.","b2?","c3!");

   private String concat(String a, String b, String c){
    return a+b+c;
   }

And even the ability to pair every item in one stream with every item in another

   ReactiveSeq.of("a","b","c")
              .forEach2(str->Stream.of(str+"!","2"), a->b->a+"_"+b);

   //ReactiveSeq("a_a!","a_2","b_b!","b_2","c_c!","c2")