Welcome to our hands-on tutorial on data filtering in Java. In this session, we spotlight data filtering, a simple yet potent aspect of programming and data manipulation. By learning to filter data, we can extract only the pieces of data that meet specific standards, decluttering the mess of unwanted data.

In the real world, data filtering mirrors the process of sieving. Let's visualize this. Imagine you're shopping online for a shirt. You have the ability to filter clothes based on color, size, brand, etc. Translating this to programming, our clothing items are our data, and our sieve is a combination of Boolean logic and algorithms used for filtering.

In programming, loops enable coders to execute a block of code repeatedly, making them handy tools in data filtering. Java uses the for and while loops that iterate through data streams, checking each data element against specific criteria.

For instance, let's build a class, DataFilter, that filters out numbers less than ten in a list:

Notice the enhanced for loop combined with a conditional if statement to filter out numbers less than ten and append them into .