Stream groupingBy: reducing to first element of list

Actually, you need to use Collectors.toMap here instead of Collectors.groupingBy:

Map<String, Valuta> map = 
    getValute().stream()
               .collect(Collectors.toMap(Valuta::getCodice, Function.identity()));

groupingBy is used to group elements of a Stream based on a grouping function. 2 Stream elements that will have the same result with the grouping function will be collected into a List by default.

toMap will collect the elements into a Map where the key is the result of applying a given key mapper and the value is the result of applying a value mapper. Note that toMap, by default, will throw an exception if a duplicate is encountered.

The toMap version which opts to choose the 1st value on collisions instead of throwing an exception is:

Collectors.toMap(keyMapper, valueMapper, mergeFunction) ex:

Map<String, Valuta> map = list
        .stream()
        .collect(Collectors.toMap(Valuta::getCodice, v -> v, (v1, v2) -> v1));

You could use Collectors.toMap(keyMappingFunction, valueMappingFunction)

Map<String, Valuta> map = list
        .stream()
        .collect(Collectors.toMap(Valuta::getCodice, v -> v));

You can replace v->v with Function.identity() if you find it more readable. Note that toMap, by default, will throw an exception if a duplicate is encountered.

It's a bit late in the game, but try this:

Map<String, Valuta> map = 
    getValute().stream()
               .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Valuta::getCodice,
                            Collectors.collectingAndThen(
                                Collectors.toList(), 
                                values -> values.get(0))));