Convert Stream to Set in Java

Below given are some methods which can be used to convert Stream to Set in Java.

Method 1 : Using Collectors

Stream collect() method takes elements from a stream and stores them in a collection.collect(Collector.toSet()) collects elements from a stream to a Set. Stream.collect() method can be used to collect elements of a stream in a container. The Collector which is returned by Collectors.toSet() can be passed that accumulates the elements of stream into a new Set.

Method 2 : Converting Stream to Array and then to Set

The problem of converting Stream into Set can be divided into two parts :

1) Convert Stream to an Array
2) Convert Array to a Set

Note : Output is random because HashSet takes input in random order as generated hash value.

Method 3 : Using forEach

Stream can be converted into Set using forEach(). Loop through all elements of the stream using forEach() method and then use set.add() to add each elements into an empty set.

Note : If Stream is parallel, then elements may not be processed in original order using forEach() method. To preserve the original order, forEachOrdered() method is used. Convert a Set to Stream in Java