Java get last element of a collection

Question

I have a collection, I want to get the last element of the collection. What\'s the most straighforward and fast way to do so?

One solution is to first toArray(), and

Answer 1

If you have Iterable convert to stream and find last element

 Iterator sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three").iterator();

 Iterable iterable = () -> sourceIterator;


 String last = StreamSupport.stream(iterable.spliterator(), false).reduce((first, second) -> second).orElse(null);