// "Replace Stream API chain with loop" "true-preview" import java.util.List; import java.util.function.Function; import java.util.function.Predicate; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Test { // Mock Java 9 methods with inheritor interface MyStream extends Stream { MyStream flatMap(Function> mapper); MyStream takeWhile(Predicate predicate); MyStream dropWhile(Predicate predicate); static MyStream of(List list) { return null; } } public static void test(List data) { List xyz = MyStream.of(data) .flatMap(s -> Stream.of(s, s + s)).takeWhile(s -> !s.isEmpty()) .dropWhile(s -> s.length() < 3).collect(Collectors.toList()); System.out.println(xyz); } }