A Java program that checks if a String array contains a particular string value . Check the blogpost at https://coderolls.com/java-check-if-array-contains-value-or-element/

CheckInStringArrayUsingStream.java

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A Java program that checks if a String array contains a particular string value  
 * using the Java 8 Stream API.
 * 
 * @author Gaurav Kukade
 *
 */
public class CheckInStringArrayUsingStream {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	
		String [] names = {"gaurav", "shubham", "krishna", "mayur"};
		
		String checkForString = "mayur";
		
		boolean stringPresentInArray = Arrays.stream(names).anyMatch(checkForString::equals);;
		
		if(stringPresentInArray) {
			System.out.println("String value '"+checkForString+"' is present in names Array.");
		}else {
			System.out.println("String value '"+checkForString+"' is not present in names Array.");
		}		
	}
  //Output:
  // String value 'mayur' is present in names Array
}