API question/request: Array to Stream

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 10/01/2013 05:24 PM, Millies, Sebastian wrote:
> Why can't I stream an array? It is awkward having to convert to a list first, cf.
> this code by Venkat Subramaniam:
> 
>   public void setFilters(Function<Color, Color>... filters) {
>         this.filter =
>                 Arrays.asList(filters).stream()                  // <----
>                         .reduce((f, next) -> f.compose(next))
>                         .orElse(Function.<Color>identity());
>     }
> 

Venkat is just old-school. See:
 http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html#stream(T[])

-Aleksey.