尽管如此，不要忘记所有的集合都是有限的，而Iterable没有任何承诺。如果某个东西是Iterable，你可以得到一个Iterator，就是这样。

for (piece : sthIterable){
..........
}

将扩大到:

Iterator it = sthIterable.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()){
    piece = it.next();
..........
}

it.hasNext()不需要返回false。因此，在一般情况下，您不能期望能够将每个Iterable转换为一个集合。例如，你可以遍历所有正自然数，遍历带有循环的东西，反复产生相同的结果，等等。

除此之外:Atrey的回答很好。

这不是对你问题的回答，但我相信这是解决你问题的办法。org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository接口确实有返回java.lang.Iterable的方法，但是你不应该使用这个接口。而是使用子接口，在你的例子中是org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository。该接口具有返回java.util.List类型对象的方法。

当你从Spring Data中获得你的Iterable时，你有两个额外的选择。

You can override the method that returns the Iterable in the repository with a version that returns a List, Set or Streamable. This way Spring Data is doing the conversion for you. You may do so in a super interface of your repositories so you don't have to repeat the override in all your repository interfaces. If you happen to use Spring Data JPA this is already done for you in JpaRepository You may do the conversion using the just mentioned Streamable yourself: Iterable<X> iterable = repo.findAll(); List<X> list = Streamable.of(iterable).toList();

既然你提到了沮丧，也许还有一些决定使用Iterable帮助的背景。

It is expected that it is actually fairly rare to actually require a Collection so in many cases it shouldn't make a difference. Using the overriding mechanics one can return different types which wouldn't be possible with a more specific return type like Collection. This would make it impossible to return a Streamable which is intended for cases where a store may decide to return a result before all elements have been fetched. Streamable would actually be a flexible return type, since it offers easy conversions to List, Set, Stream and is itself an Iterable. But this would require you to use a Spring Data specific type in your application which many users wouldn't like.

在参考文档中有关于这方面的章节。

从CollectionUtils:

List<T> targetCollection = new ArrayList<T>();
CollectionUtils.addAll(targetCollection, iterable.iterator())

下面是这个实用方法的完整源代码:

public static <T> void addAll(Collection<T> collection, Iterator<T> iterator) {
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        collection.add(iterator.next());
    }
}

你也可以编写自己的实用方法:

public static <E> Collection<E> makeCollection(Iterable<E> iter) {
    Collection<E> list = new ArrayList<E>();
    for (E item : iter) {
        list.add(item);
    }
    return list;
}

您可以使用Eclipse Collections工厂:

Iterable<String> iterable = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3");

MutableList<String> list = Lists.mutable.withAll(iterable);
MutableSet<String> set = Sets.mutable.withAll(iterable);
MutableSortedSet<String> sortedSet = SortedSets.mutable.withAll(iterable);
MutableBag<String> bag = Bags.mutable.withAll(iterable);
MutableSortedBag<String> sortedBag = SortedBags.mutable.withAll(iterable);

您还可以将Iterable转换为LazyIterable，并使用转换器方法或任何其他可用的api。

Iterable<String> iterable = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3");
LazyIterable<String> lazy = LazyIterate.adapt(iterable);

MutableList<String> list = lazy.toList();
MutableSet<String> set = lazy.toSet();
MutableSortedSet<String> sortedSet = lazy.toSortedSet();
MutableBag<String> bag = lazy.toBag();
MutableSortedBag<String> sortedBag = lazy.toSortedBag();

以上所有可变类型都扩展了java.util.Collection。

注意:我是Eclipse Collections的提交者。