Intermediate operations in Java 8 Stream API are lazy operations that process elements in a stream but don’t trigger execution immediately.
Some examples of intermediate operations include filtering elements based on a condition, transforming each element using a mapping function, flattening nested structures, removing duplicate elements, sorting elements, and more.
Intermediate operations are useful for debugging as they allow intermediate actions such as printing elements while processing.
This article covers intermediate operations in Java Streams and encourages readers to stay tuned for the next article that will explore terminal operations.