Java Language Tutorial => Infinite Streams

Example

It is possible to generate a Stream that does not end. Calling a terminal method on an infinite Stream causes the Stream to enter an infinite loop. The limit method of a Stream can be used to limit the number of terms of the Stream that Java processes.

This example generates a Stream of all natural numbers, starting with the number 1. Each successive term of the Stream is one higher than the previous. By calling the limit method of this Stream, only the first five terms of the Stream are considered and printed.

// Generate infinite stream - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ...
IntStream naturalNumbers = IntStream.iterate(1, x -> x + 1);

// Print out only the first 5 terms
naturalNumbers.limit(5).forEach(System.out::println);

Output:

1
2
3
4
5

Another way of generating an infinite stream is using the Stream.generate method. This method takes a lambda of type Supplier.

// Generate an infinite stream of random numbers
Stream<Double> infiniteRandomNumbers = Stream.generate(Math::random);

// Print out only the first 10 random numbers
infiniteRandomNumbers.limit(10).forEach(System.out::println);

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