Linq Java

Iterate over a collection is a medieval way to filtering, mapping and ordering. And with Java we are used to work like that.

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How it works?

It's easy to use. Just add import static com.nth.linq.Linq.*; in your class and that's it!

How to use this?

1 - Filter

First you need a Collection. Here we create a Animal List, and we called it animals.

List<Animal> animals;

Later you goes add a lot of animals in this list.

Now, you want to take all cats, it's easy for Linq! In this case, name is a method (animal.name()).

from(animals).where("name", eq("Cat")).all();

Or, would the first animal with 2 year old? Easy too!

from(animals).where("age", eq(2)).first();

2 - Filter specification

You can be more specific in your query, adding more specifications, like and and or.

from(animals).where("name", eq("Lion")).and("age", eq(2)).all();
from(animals).where("name", eq("Dog")).or("age", eq(5)).all();

3 - Matchers

There are other matchers to be precise!

eq("Cat")
eqIgnoreCase("Cat")
contains("og")
greaterThan(3)
lessThan(10)
isNull()

Or a special matcher, called not.

not(eq("Bird"))
not(contains("at"))
not(isNull())

4 - Order

Order is a very interesting feature to sort your collection.

from(animals).where("name", eq("Cat")).orderBy("age").all();
from(animals).where("age", eq(5)).orderBy("name", Order.DESC).first();

You can use just order, without filter.

from(animals).orderBy("name");