我的回答建立在Kevin Wong的基础上，这里是一个使用spring中的CollectionUtils和Java 8 lambda表达式的一行程序。

CollectionUtils.filter(list, p -> ((Person) p).getAge() > 16);

这是我见过的最简洁易读的方法(不使用基于方面的库)。

Spring CollectionUtils可从Spring版本4.0.2获得。请记住，您需要JDK 1.8和语言级别8+。

我将把RxJava加入其中，它在Android上也可用。RxJava可能并不总是最好的选择，但如果您希望在集合上添加更多转换或在过滤时处理错误，RxJava将为您提供更大的灵活性。

Observable.from(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
    .filter(new Func1<Integer, Boolean>() {
        public Boolean call(Integer i) {
            return i % 2 != 0;
        }
    })
    .subscribe(new Action1<Integer>() {
        public void call(Integer i) {
            System.out.println(i);
        }
    });

输出:

1
3
5

更多关于RxJava过滤器的细节可以在这里找到。

我写了一个扩展的Iterable类，它支持在不复制集合内容的情况下应用函数式算法。

用法:

List<Integer> myList = new ArrayList<Integer>(){ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }

Iterable<Integer> filtered = Iterable.wrap(myList).select(new Predicate1<Integer>()
{
    public Boolean call(Integer n) throws FunctionalException
    {
        return n % 2 == 0;
    }
})

for( int n : filtered )
{
    System.out.println(n);
}

上面的代码将实际执行

for( int n : myList )
{
    if( n % 2 == 0 ) 
    {
        System.out.println(n);
    }
}

JFilter http://code.google.com/p/jfilter/最适合您的需求。

JFilter是一个简单、高性能的开源库，用于查询Java bean集合。

关键特性

Support of collection (java.util.Collection, java.util.Map and Array) properties. Support of collection inside collection of any depth. Support of inner queries. Support of parameterized queries. Can filter 1 million records in few 100 ms. Filter ( query) is given in simple json format, it is like Mangodb queries. Following are some examples. { "id":{"$le":"10"} where object id property is less than equals to 10. { "id": {"$in":["0", "100"]}} where object id property is 0 or 100. {"lineItems":{"lineAmount":"1"}} where lineItems collection property of parameterized type has lineAmount equals to 1. { "$and":[{"id": "0"}, {"billingAddress":{"city":"DEL"}}]} where id property is 0 and billingAddress.city property is DEL. {"lineItems":{"taxes":{ "key":{"code":"GST"}, "value":{"$gt": "1.01"}}}} where lineItems collection property of parameterized type which has taxes map type property of parameteriszed type has code equals to GST value greater than 1.01. {'$or':[{'code':'10'},{'skus': {'$and':[{'price':{'$in':['20', '40']}}, {'code':'RedApple'}]}}]} Select all products where product code is 10 or sku price in 20 and 40 and sku code is "RedApple".

我需要根据列表中已经存在的值来筛选列表。例如，删除后面小于当前值的所有值。{2 5 3 4 7 5} ->{2 5 7}。或者例如删除所有重复项{3 5 4 2 3 5 6}->{3 5 4 2 6}。

public class Filter {
    public static <T> void List(List<T> list, Chooser<T> chooser) {
        List<Integer> toBeRemoved = new ArrayList<>();
        leftloop:
        for (int right = 1; right < list.size(); ++right) {
            for (int left = 0; left < right; ++left) {
                if (toBeRemoved.contains(left)) {
                    continue;
                }
                Keep keep = chooser.choose(list.get(left), list.get(right));
                switch (keep) {
                    case LEFT:
                        toBeRemoved.add(right);
                        continue leftloop;
                    case RIGHT:
                        toBeRemoved.add(left);
                        break;
                    case NONE:
                        toBeRemoved.add(left);
                        toBeRemoved.add(right);
                        continue leftloop;
                }
            }
        }

        Collections.sort(toBeRemoved, new Comparator<Integer>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) {
                return o2 - o1;
            }
        });

        for (int i : toBeRemoved) {
            if (i >= 0 && i < list.size()) {
                list.remove(i);
            }
        }
    }

    public static <T> void List(List<T> list, Keeper<T> keeper) {
        Iterator<T> iterator = list.iterator();
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            if (!keeper.keep(iterator.next())) {
                iterator.remove();
            }
        }
    }

    public interface Keeper<E> {
        boolean keep(E obj);
    }

    public interface Chooser<E> {
        Keep choose(E left, E right);
    }

    public enum Keep {
        LEFT, RIGHT, BOTH, NONE;
    }
}

这将被这样使用。

List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
names.add("Anders");
names.add("Stefan");
names.add("Anders");
Filter.List(names, new Filter.Chooser<String>() {
    @Override
    public Filter.Keep choose(String left, String right) {
        return left.equals(right) ? Filter.Keep.LEFT : Filter.Keep.BOTH;
    }
});

“最好”这个要求太宽泛了。它是“最短的”吗?“最快”?“可读”? 过滤器的地方或到另一个集合?

最简单(但不是最易读)的方法是迭代它，并使用Iterator.remove()方法:

Iterator<Foo> it = col.iterator();
while( it.hasNext() ) {
  Foo foo = it.next();
  if( !condition(foo) ) it.remove();
}

现在，为了使其更具可读性，可以将其包装到实用程序方法中。然后发明一个IPredicate接口，创建该接口的匿名实现，并执行如下操作:

CollectionUtils.filterInPlace(col,
  new IPredicate<Foo>(){
    public boolean keepIt(Foo foo) {
      return foo.isBar();
    }
  });

where filterInPlace()迭代集合并调用Predicate.keepIt()来了解实例是否保留在集合中。

我真的没有看到为这项任务引入第三方库的正当理由。