Analog to get a collection for a Stream
by collect()
an array can be obtained by the Stream.toArray()
method:
List<String> fruits = Arrays.asList("apple", "banana", "pear", "kiwi", "orange");
String[] filteredFruits = fruits.stream()
.filter(s -> s.contains("a"))
.toArray(String[]::new);
// prints: [apple, banana, pear, orange]
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(filteredFruits));
String[]::new
is a special kind of method reference: a constructor reference.