How to iterate with foreach loop over java 8 stream

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By definition foreach loop requires an Iterable to be passed in.

It can be achieved with anonymous class:

    for (String s : new Iterable<String>() {
        @Override
        public Iterator<String> iterator() {
            return stream.iterator();
        }
    }) {
        writer.append(s);
    }

This can be simplified with lambda because Iterable is a functional interface:

    for (String s : (Iterable<String>) () -> stream.iterator()) {
        writer.append(s);
    }

This can be converted to method reference:

    for (String s : (Iterable<String>) stream::iterator) {
        writer.append(s);
    }

Explicit cast can be avoided with intermediate variable or method param:

    Iterable<String> iterable = stream::iterator;
    for (String s : iterable) {
        writer.append(s);
    }

There is also StreamEx library in maven central that features iterable streams and other perks out of the box.

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