Into

[Raab, Donald]

Just to clarify, if these methods are added to Stream, we won't have any conflicts, as our methods appear on our Collections.  But I think it might still be good to clarify the names. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raab, Donald [Tech]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:47 AM
> To: 'Doug Lea'; 'lambda-libs-spec-experts at openjdk.java.net'
> Subject: RE: Into
> 
> We have methods to toSortedSet() and toSortedMap() that return SortedSet
> and SortedMap (as the names imply).  We remain compatible back to Java
> 5, where NavigableSet  and NavigableMap do not exist.
> 
> I would request either calling the methods
> toNavigableSet()/toNavigableMap() and returning
> NavigableSet/NavigableMap or having both toSorted and toNavigable forms
> and returning the appropriately named types.
> 
> 
> >
> >      Object[] toArray();
> >      Set<T> toSet();
> >      List<T> toList();
> >      List<T> toRandomAccessList();
> >      List<T> toSortedList(Comparator<? super T> comparator);
> >      List<T> toSortedList();
> >      NavigableSet<T> toSortedSet();
> >      NavigableSet<T> toSortedSet(Comparator<? super T> comparator);
> >      Collection<T> toBag(); // unordered, possible dups
> >      <K> Map<K,T> toMap(Function<? super T,K> keyFn, BinaryOperator<T>
> > mergeFn);
> >      <K> Map<K,<Collection<T>> toMap(Function<? super T,K> keyFn);
> >      <K> NavigableMap<K,T> toSortedMap(Function<? super T,K> keyFn,
> >                                        Comparator<? super K>
> comparator,
> >                                        BinaryOperator<T> mergeFn);
> >      <K> NavigableMap<K,Collection<T>> toSortedMap(Function<? super
> > T,K> keyFn,
> >                                                    Comparator<? super
> > K> comparator);