Java 8: preferred way to count iterations of a lambda?

Question

I face the same problem often. I need to count the runs of a lambda for use outside the lambda.

E.g.:

myStream.stream().filter(...).forEa         


        

Answer 1

Another alternative is to use apache commons MutableInt.

MutableInt cnt = new MutableInt(0);
myStream.stream()
    .filter(...)
    .forEach(item -> { 
        foo();
        bar();
        cnt.increment();
    });
System.out.println("The lambda ran " + cnt.getValue() + " times");