Java 8 Stream Filter - Sort based pdate

Question

Am trying to sort the filed in filter.

Input Document / Sample Record:

DocumentList: [
    Document{
        {
            _id=5975ff00a213745b5e1a8ed9,
            u_id=,
            mailboxcontent_id=5975ff00a213745b5e1a8ed8,                
            idmapping=Document{
                {ptype=PDF, cid=00988, normalizedcid=00988, systeminstanceid=, sourceschemaname=, pid=0244810006}
            },
            batchid=null,
            pdate=Tue Jul 11 17:52:25 IST 2017, locale=en_US
        }
    },
    Document{
        {
            _id=597608aba213742554f537a6,
            u_id=,
            mailboxcontent_id=597608aba213742554f537a3, 
            idmapping=Document{
                {platformtype=PDF, cid=00999, normalizedcid=00999, systeminstanceid=, sourceschemaname=, pid=0244810006}
            },
            batchid=null,
            pdate=Fri Jul 28 01:26:22 IST 2017,
            locale=en_US
        }
    }
]

Here, I need to sort based on pdate.

List<Document> outList = documentList.stream()
    .filter(p -> p.getInteger(CommonConstants.VISIBILITY) == 1)
    .parallel()
    .sequential()
    .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new))
    .sort()
    .skip(skipValue)
    .limit(limtValue);

Not sure how to sort

"order by pdate DESC"

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You can use .sorted() Stream API method:

.sorted(Comparator.comparing(Document::getPDate).reversed())

And the full, refactored example:

List<Document> outList = documentList.stream()
  .filter(p -> p.getInteger(CommonConstants.VISIBILITY) == 1)
  .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Document::getPDate).reversed())
  .skip(skipValue).limit(limtValue)
  .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new))

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Few things to remember about:

• If you do not care about the List implementation, use Collectors.toList()
• The collect() is a terminal operation and should be called as the last operation
• .parallel().sequential() this is totally useless - if you want to parallelize, stick to .parallel() if not, do not write anything, streams are sequential by default
• The whole Stream will be loaded to the memory for the sake of sorting