Flatten nested lists in Java

Java interview exercise on Streams & lambdas, difficulty 1 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.

Write flatten(lists) that turns a list of lists into one list with all the numbers in order, with flatMap. A null inner list counts as empty.

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