Along with forEach
method that accepts a lambda expression we have also got stream APIs, in Java 8.
Iterate over entries (Using forEach and Streams):
sample.forEach((k,v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
sample.entrySet().stream().forEachOrdered((entry) -> {
Object currentKey = entry.getKey();
Object currentValue = entry.getValue();
System.out.println(currentKey + "=" + currentValue);
});
sample.entrySet().parallelStream().forEach((entry) -> {
Object currentKey = entry.getKey();
Object currentValue = entry.getValue();
System.out.println(currentKey + "=" + currentValue);
});
The advantage with streams is they can be parallelized easily and can be useful when we have multiple CPUs at disposal. We simply need to use parallelStream()
in place of stream()
above. With parallel streams it makes more sense to use forEach
as forEachOrdered
would make no difference in performance. If we want to iterate over keys we can use sample.keySet()
and for values sample.values()
.
Why forEachOrdered
and not forEach
with streams ?
Streams also provide forEach
method but the behaviour of forEach
is explicitly nondeterministic where as the forEachOrdered
performs an action for each element of this stream, in the encounter order of the stream if the stream has a defined encounter order. So forEach
does not guarantee that the order would be kept. Also check this for more.