I have a class where optionally a Comparator can be specified.
Since the Comparator is optional, I have to evaluate its presence and execute the same stream code, either with sorted() or without:
if(comparator != null) {
[...].stream().map()[...].sorted(comparator)[...];
} else {
[...].stream().map()[...];
}
Question:
Is there a more elegant way to do this without the code duplication?
Note:
A default Comparator is not an option, I just want to keep the original order of the values I am streaming.
Besides, the elements are already mapped at the point of sorting, so I can not somehow reference the root list of the stream, as I do not have the original elements anymore.