Can Java 8 Streams operate on an item in a collection, and then remove it?

Question

Like just about everyone, I\'m still learning the intricacies (and loving them) of the new Java 8 Streams API. I have a question concerning usage of streams. I\'ll provide a

Answer 1

Nope, your implementation is probably the simplest one. You might do something deeply evil by modifying state in the removeIf predicate, but please don't. On the other hand, it might be reasonable to actually switch to an iterator-based imperative implementation, which might actually be more appropriate and efficient for this use case.