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Aggregating stats with IntSummaryStatistics

How a single stream pass collects count, min, max, sum, and average from a list of orders.

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Intermediate streams aggregation records method-reference
1import java.util.List;
2import java.util.IntSummaryStatistics;
3 
4public class OrderReport {
5 
6 public record Order(String customer, int itemCount, double total) {}
7 
8 public String summarizeItemCounts(List<Order> orders) {
9 IntSummaryStatistics stats = orders.stream()
10 .mapToInt(Order::itemCount)
11 .summaryStatistics();
12 
13 if (stats.getCount() == 0) {
14 return "No orders to report.";
15 }
16 
17 return String.format(
18 "Orders: %d | items min=%d, max=%d, sum=%d, avg=%.2f",
19 stats.getCount(),
20 stats.getMin(),
21 stats.getMax(),
22 stats.getSum(),
23 stats.getAverage());
24 }
25 
26 public boolean hasBulkOrder(List<Order> orders, int threshold) {
27 return orders.stream()
28 .mapToInt(Order::itemCount)
29 .summaryStatistics()
30 .getMax() >= threshold;
31 }
32}
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Three takeaways
  1. 1IntSummaryStatistics gathers count, min, max, sum, and average in one stream traversal.
  2. 2Guarding against an empty stream avoids meaningless zero or infinity results before formatting.
  3. 3Method references like Order::itemCount turn a record accessor into a clean projection for mapToInt.

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