Java > 8 stream count multiple items at the same time

Question

I have a very large list of objects and I want to count number of objects based on one of their attribute. what I have right now is:

long low = myList.stream().filter(p -> p.getRate().equals("Low")).count(); 
long medium = myList.stream().filter(p -> p.getRate().equals("Medium")).count();    
long high = myList.stream().filter(p -> p.getRate().equals("High")).count();

I am not sure how Java 8 handles this but I am worried about performances! Is there anyway so I can count these 3 attributes in one call? in order to improve performance?

Something so that it returns a Map or list of object.

How would you do it with a for loop? Why wouldn't you do the same with a stream? Before optimizing, have you measured and proven a performance problem? — JB Nizet
– JB Nizet, Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 19:16
with loop I just iterate over all items and check the value of getRate() and update the value of map with specific key, and no I didn't measure the performance. — Am1rr3zA
– Am1rr3zA, Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 19:20
Why use a Map when you could use an object with three fields? Start by measuring. — JB Nizet
– JB Nizet, Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 19:21

Tunaki · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 20:38:44Z

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You can group your List by the rate of each object and count the number of occurences. Assuming your object are of type MyClass:

Map<String, Long> map = myList.stream().collect(groupingBy(MyClass::getRate, counting()));

This will return a Map where the key is the rate and the value is the number of elements from the list having that rate. Then, it is simply a matter of getting the "Low", "Medium" and "High" keys.

groupingBy(classifier, downstream) is a collector that groups elements according to the given classifier (here, it is MyClass::getRate) and performs a reduction on the values using the downstream collector (here, it is counting()).

NB: the following static imports are needed for the code to compile:

import static java.util.stream.Collectors.counting;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.groupingBy;

edited Oct 28, 2015 at 20:38

answered Oct 28, 2015 at 19:55

Tunaki

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Viktor Ozerov Over a year ago

This solution will only return count for a particular key only when this key is present in the initial list i.e. with the list consisting of only High and Low values this solution will not return 0 for Medium key.

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