Saturday, 16 August 2014

List in java Collection

List :

It is an interface inheritd from Collections for ordered collection of objects.
It can contain duplicate elements.

How is ArrayList different from Array?


Array
Is not definite in size. Can expand according to requirement.
Is definite in size.
Stores objects
Store primitive data.
Is present in collections
framework Present in lang package

See :How to sort an Array List without using Comparator or sort method


For internal working of Array List Read: Internal worling of ArrayList

How to convert an array to a list?

using Arrays.asList() method.


ArrayList and LinkedList 



Array List and Link List are two classes that implements List Interface .

ArrayList -> is an array based representation of list.
Can be accessed using get and set methods.
Used for simple sequence.

Linked List->
Based on Link List representation.
Give good performance with add() and remove()n methods.
Gives poor performance with get() set() methods.


List Iterator

Implements Iterator interface.

List Iterator methods -> 
1.hasnext()
2. next()
3. hasprevious()
4. previous
5. nextindex();
6. previousindex();
7. remove()
8. add();
9. set()


See :Java Collection-Set
Static varibale,static class,Static method

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