flatMap in java8

In Java 8, the Stream interface provides a powerful method called flatMap that is used for transforming and flattening elements in a stream. The flatMap method is especially useful when you have a stream of collections or other nested structures and you want to transform and flatten these nested structures into a single stream of elements.

Definition

The flatMap method is defined as follows:

<R> Stream<R> flatMap(Function<? super T, ? extends Stream<? extends R>> mapper);

Here:

• T is the type of elements in the original stream.
• R is the type of elements in the resulting stream.
• The mapper function takes an element of type T and returns a stream of elements of type R.

How flatMap Works

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