If you want to iterate over a list and create a new list with "transformed" objects, you should use the map() function of stream + collect(). In the following example I find all people with the last name "l1" and each person I'm "mapping" to a new Employee instance.
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<Person> persons = Arrays.asList(
new Person("e1", "l1"),
new Person("e2", "l1"),
new Person("e3", "l2"),
new Person("e4", "l2")
);
List<Employee> employees = persons.stream()
.filter(p -> p.getLastName().equals("l1"))
.map(p -> new Employee(p.getName(), p.getLastName(), 1000))
.collect(Collectors.toList());
System.out.println(employees);
}
}
class Person {
private String name;
private String lastName;
public Person(String name, String lastName) {
this.name = name;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
// Getter & Setter
}
class Employee extends Person {
private double salary;
public Employee(String name, String lastName, double salary) {
super(name, lastName);
this.salary = salary;
}
// Getter & Setter
}