How to Convert Stream to ArrayList in Java 8 - Collectors.toCollection() Example

You can use Collectors.toList(), toSet(), and toMap() to get all elements of Stream into any Collection like List, Set or Map, but if you want to get a particular collection e.g. ArrayList, then you need to use Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new) method. This method first creates an ArrayList using method reference and then adds all elements of Stream into the ArrayList. It's very useful if you have a long list of String and you want to create a smaller list containing only String starting with the letter "b"  like "Bluehost". 

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Caused by: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-01722: invalid number - Solution

Hello guys, if you are getting below error in your Java program and wondering how to solve this or just stuck then you have come to the right place. In this article, I will explain to you what causes the " java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-01722: invalid number" error when you connect to an Oracle database from a Java program and how you can solve it. 

But, first of all, let's take a look at the stack trace of this error which looks like below:

Caused by: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-01722: invalid number  at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:445)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:396)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.processError(T4C8Oall.java:879)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.receive(T4CTTIfun.java:450)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.doRPC(T4CTTIfun.java:192)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.doOALL(T4C8Oall.java:531)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:207)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForDescribe(T4CPreparedStatement.java:884)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeMaybeDescribe(OracleStatement.java:1167)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1289)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3584)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3628)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.java:1493)

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Top 5 Free Big Data Courses for Java Programmers to Learn Hadoop, Spark in 2021 - Best of Lot

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