Zipping streams using JDK8 with lambda (java.util.stream.Streams.zip)

Question

In JDK 8 with lambda b93 there was a class java.util.stream.Streams.zip in b93 which could be used to zip streams (this is illustrated in the tutorial Exploring Java8 Lambda

Answer 1

Using the latest Guava library (for the Streams class) you should be able to do

final Map result = 
    Streams.zip(
        collection1.stream(), 
        collection2.stream(), 
        AbstractMap.SimpleEntry::new)
    .collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e.getKey(), e  -> e.getValue()));