How to convert an Iterator to a Stream?

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One way is to create a Spliterator from the Iterator and use that as a basis for your stream:

Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();
Stream<String> targetStream = StreamSupport.stream(
          Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(sourceIterator, Spliterator.ORDERED),
          false);

An alternative which is maybe more readable is to use an Iterable – and creating an Iterable from an Iterator is very easy with lambdas because Iterable is a functional interface:

Iterator<String> sourceIterator = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C").iterator();

Iterable<String> iterable = () -> sourceIterator;
Stream<String> targetStream = StreamSupport.stream(iterable.spliterator(), false);

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