Possible JSR-310 (date/time API) stream methods

[Zhong Yu]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne at joda.org> wrote:
> This is a call for opinions as to whether JSR-310 should think about
> adding stream-based methods.
>
> It seems that the most likely use case is a stream of dates in a
> range, either sequential or according to some rule. We already have a
> "some rule" type concept in TemporalAdjuster, but that is general,
> rather than LocalDate specific, so I've looked at UnaryOperator. One
> possible pair of methods would be:
>
>  // methods on LocalDate
>  public Stream<LocalDate> datesUntil(LocalDate endDate) {
>    return datesUntil(endDate, d -> d.plusDays(1));
>  }
>  public Stream<LocalDate> datesUntil(LocalDate endDate,
> UnaryOperator<LocalDate> generator) {
>    // some code to generate a stream checking for being beyond the end date
>    // initial perusal suggests this might be a little complex...
>  }
>
>  // user code
> startDate.datesUntil(endDate, d -> d.plusWeeks(1));
> startDate.datesUntil(endDate, d -> d.with(nextHoliday()));
>
> Does the basic stream library support this kind of stuff without
> JSR-310 needing to do it?
> Does this look useful, or are there other/alternative more useful methods?
> Should it only be for dates, or other objects like LocalDateTime or
> ZonedDateTime?
> Would it justify its place in the library given users could just write
> a for loop?

I'm sensing that you are asking for a factory method mimicing for-loop.

Currently there is a

    static<T> Stream<T> iterate(T seed, UnaryOperator<T> f)

but it's infinite. How about

    static<T> Stream<T> iterate(T init, Predicate<T> p, UnaryOperator<T> f)

For example

    iterate(startDate, d->d.isBefore(endDate), d->d.plusDays(1))


> Any other thoughts?
>
> BTW, the following code wouldn't work as the user expects:
>  startDate.datesUntil(endDate, d -> d.plusMonths(1));
> (Jan31 + 1 month = Feb28 ... Feb28 + 1 month = March28!!)
>
> Stephen
>