Java 8 - Stream has already been operated upon or closed

Java 8 Stream cannot be reused, once its consumed or used. If you are trying to access the stream which already used or consumed will throw IllegalStateException

Exception

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: stream has already been operated upon or closed

at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.<init>(AbstractPipeline.java:203)

at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:94)

at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$StatelessOp.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:618)

at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:163)

at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.filter(ReferencePipeline.java:162)

at com.javatutorialcorner.java8.FilterNullValue.main(FilterNullValue.java:21)

FilterNullValue.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.java8;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class FilterNullValue {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
     Stream topFootballPlayers = Stream.of("LIONEL MESSI", "CRISTIANO RONALDO", "LUIS SUAREZ", null, "NEYMAR",
       null, "SERGIO AGUERO", "MANUEL NEUER", "GARETH BALE", null, "ARJEN ROBBEN", "ANDRES INIESTA", "ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC");

         List result = topFootballPlayers.collect(Collectors.toList());

         System.out.println("Java 8 Convert a Stream to List");
         result.forEach(System.out::println);

       

        System.out.println("Result after null values filtered ");
         List resultAfterNullFilter = topFootballPlayers.filter(x -> x!=null).collect(Collectors.toList());

 }

}

Output

Java 8 Convert a Stream to List
LIONEL MESSI
CRISTIANO RONALDO
LUIS SUAREZ
null
NEYMAR
null
SERGIO AGUERO
MANUEL NEUER
GARETH BALE
null
ARJEN ROBBEN
ANDRES INIESTA
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC
Result after null values filtered
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: stream has already been operated upon or closed
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.<init>(AbstractPipeline.java:203)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:94)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$StatelessOp.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:618)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2.<init>(ReferencePipeline.java:163)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.filter(ReferencePipeline.java:162)
at com.javatutorialcorner.java8.FilterNullValue.main(FilterNullValue.java:22)