Convert an array to list with specific range in Java 8

You can also use the overloaded method Arrays.stream​(T[] array, int startInclusive, int endExclusive) as :

List<String> list = Arrays.stream(optArr, 1, optArr.length)
                          .collect(Collectors.toList());

Returns a sequential Stream with the specified range of the specified array as its source.

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Alternatively(non Java-8), using the subList is an option, but I would prefer chaining it in one-line instead of creating a new object as:

List<String> list = Arrays.asList(optArr).subList(1, optArr.length);

One non Java 8 option might be to just create a view on top of your current list which omits the first element:

List<String> list = Arrays.stream(optArr).collect(Collectors.toList());
List<String> viewList = list.subList(1, list.size());

This would mean though that the underlying data structure is still the original list, but one extra element in memory does not seem like a big penalty.

You can use Stream.skip():

List<String> list = Arrays.stream(optArr).skip(1).collect(Collectors.toList());