// "Collapse loop with stream 'toArray()'" "true-preview" import java.util.*; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Test { Object[] test(List list) { return list.stream().filter(Objects::nonNull).flatMap(str -> Stream.of(str, str + str)).sorted().toArray(); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(Arrays.toString(new Test().test(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "ba", "x", null, "c")))); } }