The Stream API and stream gatherers Java streams model dynamic collections of elements. As the spec says, “A stream is a lazily computed, potentially unbounded sequence of values.” ...

The proposal explains that Java 8, unveiled in March 2014, introduced the first API specifically for lambda expressions, the Stream API, java.util.stream.

Java 8's lambdas and streaming APIs are the most major language update to Java since Java 5 introduced generics. We talked with Michael Remijan, a system architect at the Federal Reserve Bank St.

Java 24 adds several new features to the language, such as the availability of the Stream Gatherers API and Class-File API, ...

Processing streams and insight into classes Java 24 finalizes two important features, with Stream Gatherers and the Class-File API. Both have had two previews each in Java 22 and Java 23.