Implicit conversion of a Java8 Stream into a Scala Stream

JavaStreamToScala.scala

/**
 * Since using a Java8 Stream in Scala is not easy since Scala functions do not map to Java8 functions (yet, is experimental).
 * While apparently using lambda's in other parts like Swing callbacks is possible, defining a java.util.function.Function[A,B]
 * in Scala code does not work. Compiler keeps complaining:
 * {{{
   Error:(52, 10) no type parameters for method map: (x$1: java.util.function.Function[_ >: A, _ <: R])java.util.stream.Stream[R] exist so that it can be applied to arguments (java.util.function.Function[A,B])
   --- because ---
   argument expression's type is not compatible with formal parameter type;
    found   : java.util.function.Function[A,B]
    required: java.util.function.Function[_ >: A, _ <: ?R]
 }}}
 * <p>
 * Converting the Java8 stream into Scala solves this issue since then we can just use Scala functions
 * (which we do want anyway :-)
 */
implicit class JavaStreamToScalaStream[T](val stream: java.util.stream.Stream[T]) {
  def asScala: scala.collection.immutable.Stream[T] = Try {
    def next(it: java.util.Iterator[T]): Stream[T] = if (it.hasNext) { it.next() #:: next(it) } else scala.collection.immutable.Stream.empty[T]

    next(stream.iterator())
  }.recover {
    case error => 
      // Might occur when trying to consume the Java stream twice using 'asScala' method.
      // Add some logging?
      Stream.empty[T]
  }.get
}