Is there a detect method from Smalltalk in Java?

I search for method detection in Java 8 I used to use it in Smalltalk, but Java doesn't seem to have it Smalltalk's detect method finds the first element based on the result of the expression For example:

Listnumbers.detect[number->number>4]

If there is an element greater than 4, the element is returned

Solution

In Java 8, you can use the stream API:

Collection<T> collection = ... //

Optional<T> optionalFirst = collection.stream()
                              .filter(e -> /* some predicate */)
                              .findFirst();

This will find the first element in the collection that satisfies the predicate, if any