Java 8 remove empty strings from List

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;


public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
        list.add("A");
        list.add("");
        list.add("C");

        System.out.println("Original list: " + list);  // [A, , C]

        // create filtered copy of the original list
        List<String> filtered = list.stream()
                .filter(x -> !x.isEmpty())
                .collect(Collectors.toList());

        System.out.println("Filtered list: " + filtered);  // [A, C]
    }
}