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Removing duplicate person records by last name using Stream API
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Task condition
It is necessary to implement the method distinctPersonByLastName, which:
- filters elements from the given list, leaving only one record for each unique last name (
lastname); - uses Stream API capabilities to perform filtering;
- saves the first encountered last name value and discards subsequent duplicates;
- returns a new list with no duplicate last names.
public List<Person> distinctPersonByLastName(List<Person> persons) {
}
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@EqualsAndHashCode
@Getter
public class Person{
private final String firstname;
private final String lastname;
}