JDK-8198620: New Convenient-Methods for java.util.stream.Stream

[Nir Lisker]

Hi,

A while back I commented on the suggestion to deal with an annoyance of
casting in a stream [1]. I brought an argument that was used in project
Amber for a similar case.
Like Tagir Valeev, I also see the filter-then-map pattern in various
projects I work on.

I would like to know if this issue can be re-evaluated.

Thanks,
Nir

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198620