A Java program to check if a primitive array contains a primitive value using the Java 8 Stream API. Check the blogpost at https://coderolls.com/java-check-if-array-contains-value-or-element/

CheckInPrimitiveArrayUsingStream.java

/**
 * A Java program to check if a primitive array contains a primitive value
 * using the Java 8 Stream API
 * 
 * @author Gaurav Kukade at coderolls.com
 *
 */
public class CheckInPrimitiveArrayUsingStream {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		int[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
		
		int intToCheck = 2;
		boolean contains = IntStream.of(numbers).anyMatch(x -> x == intToCheck);
		
        if(contains){
            System.out.println("The numbers array contians the value '"+intToCheck+"'.");
        }else {
        	System.out.println("The numbers array does not contian the value '"+intToCheck+"'.");
        }
	}
}