Java 8 groupingBy Example

A developer has a favorite programming language:


public class Developer {

    private int age;
    private String favoriteLanguage;

    public Developer(int age, String favoriteLanguage) {
        this.age = age;
        this.favoriteLanguage = favoriteLanguage;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public String getFavoriteLanguage() {
        return favoriteLanguage;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Developer{" + "age=" + age + ", favoriteLanguage=" + favoriteLanguage + '}';
    }
}

A team has more than one developers. Now we would like to group the developers by their favorite language. Collectors#groupingBy groups classes by properties out-of-the-box:


public class GroupingByTest {

    @Test
    public void groupByFavoriteLanguage() {

        List<Developer> team = Arrays.asList(
                new Developer(18, "java"),
                new Developer(20, "java"),
                new Developer(35, "javascript"),
                new Developer(50, "javascript"),
                new Developer(50, "logo"));

        Map<String, List<Developer>> developersByLanguages = team.
                stream().
                collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Developer::getFavoriteLanguage));

        System.out.println(developersByLanguages);
	
		/* output:
            {java=[Developer{age=18, favoriteLanguage=java}, Developer{age=20, favoriteLanguage=java}], 
            logo=[Developer{age=50, favoriteLanguage=logo}], 
            javascript=[Developer{age=35, favoriteLanguage=javascript}, Developer{age=50, favoriteLanguage=javascript}]
            }
		*/

        Map<String, Double> favoriteLanguageByAverageAge = team.
                stream().
                collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Developer::getFavoriteLanguage,
                        Collectors.averagingInt(Developer::getAge)));
        System.out.println(favoriteLanguageByAverageAge);
		/* output:
    		{java=19.0, logo=50.0, javascript=42.5}
		*/
    }
}

Related: Java 8 CompletableFuture Example

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Comments:

Why is the Test method called flatMap? As there is nothing happening which is related to flatMap it could either be a joke or a misunderstanding. just curious.
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