#java-stream

How to: Java 8 stream's .min() and .max(): why does this compile?

Java 8 stream’s .min() and .max(): why does this compile?

Note: question originally posted here, but it has since been deleted…

See this code (I know, it is absurd I just extracted it from the linked question):

ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 1; i <= 20; i++) list.add(i); System.out.println(list.stream().max(Integer::max).get());…