This is how I do it.
I don't like the idea of creating a new collection and reverse iterating it.
The IntStream#map idea is pretty neat, but I prefer the IntStream#iterate method, for I think the idea of a countdown to Zero better expressed with the iterate method and easier to understand in terms of walking the array from back to front.
import static java.lang.Math.max;
private static final double EXACT_MATCH = 0d;
public static IntStream reverseStream(final int[] array) {
return countdownFrom(array.length - 1).map(index -> array[index]);
}
public static DoubleStream reverseStream(final double[] array) {
return countdownFrom(array.length - 1).mapToDouble(index -> array[index]);
}
public static <T> Stream<T> reverseStream(final T[] array) {
return countdownFrom(array.length - 1).mapToObj(index -> array[index]);
}
public static IntStream countdownFrom(final int top) {
return IntStream.iterate(top, t -> t - 1).limit(max(0, (long) top + 1));
}
Here are some tests to prove it works:
import static java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@Test
public void testReverseStream_emptyArrayCreatesEmptyStream() {
Assert.assertEquals(0, reverseStream(new double[0]).count());
}
@Test
public void testReverseStream_singleElementCreatesSingleElementStream() {
Assert.assertEquals(1, reverseStream(new double[1]).count());
final double[] singleElementArray = new double[] { 123.4 };
assertArrayEquals(singleElementArray, reverseStream(singleElementArray).toArray(), EXACT_MATCH);
}
@Test
public void testReverseStream_multipleElementsAreStreamedInReversedOrder() {
final double[] arr = new double[] { 1d, 2d, 3d };
final double[] revArr = new double[] { 3d, 2d, 1d };
Assert.assertEquals(arr.length, reverseStream(arr).count());
Assert.assertArrayEquals(revArr, reverseStream(arr).toArray(), EXACT_MATCH);
}
@Test
public void testCountdownFrom_returnsAllElementsFromTopToZeroInReverseOrder() {
assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 }, countdownFrom(4).toArray());
}
@Test
public void testCountdownFrom_countingDownStartingWithZeroOutputsTheNumberZero() {
assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 0 }, countdownFrom(0).toArray());
}
@Test
public void testCountdownFrom_doesNotChokeOnIntegerMaxValue() {
assertEquals(true, countdownFrom(MAX_VALUE).anyMatch(x -> x == MAX_VALUE));
}
@Test
public void testCountdownFrom_givesZeroLengthCountForNegativeValues() {
assertArrayEquals(new int[0], countdownFrom(-1).toArray());
assertArrayEquals(new int[0], countdownFrom(-4).toArray());
}