Overall Java 8 Streams code samples

Streams.java

// break a string into multiple substrings with RegEx
Stream<String> streamOfString = Pattern.compile(", ").splitAsStream("a, b, c");

//creating stream of strings from array
String[] arr = {"a", "b", "c"};
Stream<String> streamOfArray = Arrays.stream(arr);

// every line of text becomes an element of stream
Path path = Paths.get("C:\\file.txt");
Stream<String> streamOfStrings = Files.lines(path);
Stream<String> streamWithCharset = Files.lines(path, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));