Forget Loops! Use Java Streams for Instant Transformations

🚀 Introduction

Still using for loops to process lists? Let’s replace them with Java Streams for better performance and cleaner code!

Forget Loops! Use Java Streams for Instant Transformations

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📝 The Problem: Traditional Loop Processing

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class NameProcessor {
    public static List<String> toUpperCase(List<String> names) {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (String name : names) {
            result.add(name.toUpperCase());
        }
        return result;
    }
}

This works, but a Stream can make it much cleaner!

✅ The Solution: Use Java Streams

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class NameProcessor {…