// "Replace Stream API chain with loop" "true" import java.util.List; import static java.util.Arrays.asList; public class Main { public static boolean test(List<List<String>> list) { for (List<String> x : list) { if (x != null) { for (String str : x) { if (str.startsWith("a")) { return false; } } } } return true; } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(test(asList(asList(), asList("a"), asList("b", "c")))); System.out.println(test(asList(asList(), asList("d"), asList("b", "c")))); } }