what is distinct method in java 8.

distinct method :-  The Stream.distinct() method returns a new Stream consisting of the distinct elements from the given Stream.

  • It is inside stream interface,it return unique element.
  • There are internally use hashcode and equal method to return distinct element.
  • This is a intermediate operation.
  • Traverse the list from stream then call distinct method for unique element.
  • Now print data from forEach method to Iterating by passing method reference.
				
					import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class DistinctMethod {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		List<Integer> l = Arrays.asList(12, 12, 13, 45, 18, 90);
		l.stream().distinct().forEach(System.out::println);
	}
}

Output :-
12
13
45
18
90

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