java: incompatible types: inference variable T has incompatible bounds equality constraints: lower bounds: java.util.List<>

6
votes

i try to get a list from a stream but i have an exception.

Here is the Movie object with a list of an object.

public class Movie {

    private String example;
    private List<MovieTrans> movieTranses;

    public Movie(String example, List<MovieTrans> movieTranses){
        this.example = example;
        this.movieTranses = movieTranses;
    }
    getter and setter

Here is the MovieTrans:

public class MovieTrans {

    public String text;

    public MovieTrans(String text){
        this.text = text;
    }
    getter and setter

i add the element in the lists:

List<MovieTrans> movieTransList = Arrays.asList(new MovieTrans("Appel me"), new MovieTrans("je t'appel"));
List<Movie> movies = Arrays.asList(new Movie("movie played", movieTransList));
//return a list of MovieTrans
List<MovieTrans> movieTransList1 = movies.stream().map(Movie::getMovieTranses).collect(Collectors.toList());

i have this compiler error:

Error:(44, 95) java: incompatible types: inference variable T has incompatible bounds
    equality constraints: MovieTrans
    lower bounds: java.util.List<MovieTrans>
2
javajava-8java-stream

2 Answers

19
votes

The map call in

movies.stream().map(Movie::getMovieTranses)

converts a Stream<Movie> to a Stream<List<MovieTrans>>, which you can collect into a List<List<MovieTrans>>, not a List<MovieTrans>.

To get a single List<MovieTrans>, use flatMap :

List<MovieTrans> movieTransList1 = 
    movies.stream()
          .flatMap(m -> m.getMovieTranses().stream())
          .collect(Collectors.toList());
9
votes

The type of your expression is List<List<MovieTrans>>: it's the concatenation of the results of the getMovieTranses method.

Use flatMap instead:

List<MovieTrans> movieTransList1 = movies.stream()
    .flatMap(m -> m.getMovieTranses().stream())
    .collect(Collectors.toList());