```val items = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c") // doesn't compile because it is Stream<String?>! ...

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[reik.schatz]

val items = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c")
// doesn't compile because it is Stream<String?>!
val stream: Stream<String> = items
    .stream()
    .map { item ->
       // call that returns nullable, i.e. String?
    }
    .filter(Objects::nonNull)

[utikeev]

Does items.filterNotNull().stream() suit?

[reik.schatz]

so my actual use case is a bit different, it’s more like

[hudsonb]

!! is sometimes a necessary evil when working with platform types:

val stream: Stream<String> = items
            .stream()
            .filter(Objects::nonNull)
            .map { it!! }

[reik.schatz]

cool, thats probably ok for me

[reik.schatz]

thanks