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Stream intermediate operations

Stream intermediate operations are specific operations within the Java Stream API that transform or filter the stream's data pipeline.^[600-developer__java__java8__java8-stream.md] These operations form the core implementation of the Stream interface, often managed by an abstract base class known as a "pipeline," which handles the construction and evaluation of these streams.^[600-developer__java__java8__java8-stream.md]

A key characteristic of these operations is that they return a new stream object (represented as Stream<T>), allowing operations to be chained together sequentially.^[600-developer__java__java8__java8-stream.md] For example, methods like sequential() and peek(Consumer<? super T> action) return new stream instances (S), meaning the original stream remains distinct from the result of the operation.^[600-developer__java__java8__java8-stream.md]

  • [[Java Streams]]
  • [[Functional programming]]

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