Stream takeWhile / dropWhile

List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>();
for (int n : sorted) {
    if (n >= 100) break;
    result.add(n);
}
// no stream equivalent in Java 8

var result = sorted.stream()
    .takeWhile(n -> n < 100)
    .toList();
// or: .dropWhile(n -> n < 10)

🎯

Short-circuit

Stops processing as soon as the predicate fails.

🔗

Pipeline-friendly

Chain with other stream operations naturally.

📖

Declarative

takeWhile reads like English: 'take while less than 100'.