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List | public interface List extends Collection<E>(Code) | | An ordered collection (also known as a sequence). The user of this
interface has precise control over where in the list each element is
inserted. The user can access elements by their integer index (position in
the list), and search for elements in the list.
Unlike sets, lists typically allow duplicate elements. More formally,
lists typically allow pairs of elements e1 and e2
such that e1.equals(e2), and they typically allow multiple
null elements if they allow null elements at all. It is not inconceivable
that someone might wish to implement a list that prohibits duplicates, by
throwing runtime exceptions when the user attempts to insert them, but we
expect this usage to be rare.
The List interface places additional stipulations, beyond those
specified in the Collection interface, on the contracts of the
iterator, add, remove, equals, and
hashCode methods. Declarations for other inherited methods are
also included here for convenience.
The List interface provides four methods for positional (indexed)
access to list elements. Lists (like Java arrays) are zero based. Note
that these operations may execute in time proportional to the index value
for some implementations (the LinkedList class, for
example). Thus, iterating over the elements in a list is typically
preferable to indexing through it if the caller does not know the
implementation.
The List interface provides a special iterator, called a
ListIterator, that allows element insertion and replacement, and
bidirectional access in addition to the normal operations that the
Iterator interface provides. A method is provided to obtain a
list iterator that starts at a specified position in the list.
The List interface provides two methods to search for a specified
object. From a performance standpoint, these methods should be used with
caution. In many implementations they will perform costly linear
searches.
The List interface provides two methods to efficiently insert and
remove multiple elements at an arbitrary point in the list.
Note: While it is permissible for lists to contain themselves as elements,
extreme caution is advised: the equals and hashCode
methods are no longer well defined on such a list.
Some list implementations have restrictions on the elements that
they may contain. For example, some implementations prohibit null elements,
and some have restrictions on the types of their elements. Attempting to
add an ineligible element throws an unchecked exception, typically
NullPointerException or ClassCastException. Attempting
to query the presence of an ineligible element may throw an exception,
or it may simply return false; some implementations will exhibit the former
behavior and some will exhibit the latter. More generally, attempting an
operation on an ineligible element whose completion would not result in
the insertion of an ineligible element into the list may throw an
exception or it may succeed, at the option of the implementation.
Such exceptions are marked as "optional" in the specification for this
interface.
This interface is a member of the
Java Collections Framework.
author: Josh Bloch author: Neal Gafter version: 1.58, 06/24/07 See Also: Collection See Also: Set See Also: ArrayList See Also: LinkedList See Also: Vector See Also: Arrays.asList(Object[]) See Also: Collections.nCopies(intObject) See Also: Collections.EMPTY_LIST See Also: AbstractList See Also: AbstractSequentialList since: 1.2 |
Method Summary | |
boolean | add(E e) Appends the specified element to the end of this list (optional
operation).
Lists that support this operation may place limitations on what
elements may be added to this list. | void | add(int index, E element) Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list
(optional operation). | boolean | addAll(Collection<? extends E> c) Appends all of the elements in the specified collection to the end of
this list, in the order that they are returned by the specified
collection's iterator (optional operation). | boolean | addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> c) Inserts all of the elements in the specified collection into this
list at the specified position (optional operation). | void | clear() Removes all of the elements from this list (optional operation). | boolean | contains(Object o) Returns true if this list contains the specified element. | boolean | containsAll(Collection> c) Returns true if this list contains all of the elements of the
specified collection. | boolean | equals(Object o) Compares the specified object with this list for equality. | E | get(int index) Returns the element at the specified position in this list. | int | hashCode() Returns the hash code value for this list. | int | indexOf(Object o) Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element
in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element. | boolean | isEmpty() Returns true if this list contains no elements. | Iterator<E> | iterator() Returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence. | int | lastIndexOf(Object o) Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element
in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element. | ListIterator<E> | listIterator() Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper
sequence). | ListIterator<E> | listIterator(int index) Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper
sequence), starting at the specified position in the list. | boolean | remove(Object o) Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this list,
if it is present (optional operation). | E | remove(int index) Removes the element at the specified position in this list (optional
operation). | boolean | removeAll(Collection> c) Removes from this list all of its elements that are contained in the
specified collection (optional operation). | boolean | retainAll(Collection> c) Retains only the elements in this list that are contained in the
specified collection (optional operation). | E | set(int index, E element) Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the
specified element (optional operation). | int | size() Returns the number of elements in this list. | List<E> | subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex) Returns a view of the portion of this list between the specified
fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive. | Object[] | toArray() Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in proper
sequence (from first to last element).
The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are
maintained by this list. | T[] | toArray(T[] a) Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in
proper sequence (from first to last element); the runtime type of
the returned array is that of the specified array. |
add | boolean add(E e)(Code) | | Appends the specified element to the end of this list (optional
operation).
Lists that support this operation may place limitations on what
elements may be added to this list. In particular, some
lists will refuse to add null elements, and others will impose
restrictions on the type of elements that may be added. List
classes should clearly specify in their documentation any restrictions
on what elements may be added.
Parameters: e - element to be appended to this list true (as specified by Collection.add) throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the add operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of the specified elementprevents it from being added to this list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and thislist does not permit null elements throws: IllegalArgumentException - if some property of this elementprevents it from being added to this list |
add | void add(int index, E element)(Code) | | Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list
(optional operation). Shifts the element currently at that position
(if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (adds one to their
indices).
Parameters: index - index at which the specified element is to be inserted Parameters: element - element to be inserted throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the add operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of the specified elementprevents it from being added to this list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null andthis list does not permit null elements throws: IllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specifiedelement prevents it from being added to this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range(index < 0 || index > size()) |
addAll | boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)(Code) | | Appends all of the elements in the specified collection to the end of
this list, in the order that they are returned by the specified
collection's iterator (optional operation). The behavior of this
operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while
the operation is in progress. (Note that this will occur if the
specified collection is this list, and it's nonempty.)
Parameters: c - collection containing elements to be added to this list true if this list changed as a result of the call throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the addAll operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of an element of the specifiedcollection prevents it from being added to this list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified collection contains oneor more null elements and this list does not permit nullelements, or if the specified collection is null throws: IllegalArgumentException - if some property of an element of thespecified collection prevents it from being added to this list See Also: List.add(Object) |
addAll | boolean addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> c)(Code) | | Inserts all of the elements in the specified collection into this
list at the specified position (optional operation). Shifts the
element currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent
elements to the right (increases their indices). The new elements
will appear in this list in the order that they are returned by the
specified collection's iterator. The behavior of this operation is
undefined if the specified collection is modified while the
operation is in progress. (Note that this will occur if the specified
collection is this list, and it's nonempty.)
Parameters: index - index at which to insert the first element from thespecified collection Parameters: c - collection containing elements to be added to this list true if this list changed as a result of the call throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the addAll operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of an element of the specifiedcollection prevents it from being added to this list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified collection contains oneor more null elements and this list does not permit nullelements, or if the specified collection is null throws: IllegalArgumentException - if some property of an element of thespecified collection prevents it from being added to this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range(index < 0 || index > size()) |
clear | void clear()(Code) | | Removes all of the elements from this list (optional operation).
The list will be empty after this call returns.
throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the clear operationis not supported by this list |
contains | boolean contains(Object o)(Code) | | Returns true if this list contains the specified element.
More formally, returns true if and only if this list contains
at least one element e such that
(o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)).
Parameters: o - element whose presence in this list is to be tested true if this list contains the specified element throws: ClassCastException - if the type of the specified elementis incompatible with this list (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and thislist does not permit null elements (optional) |
containsAll | boolean containsAll(Collection> c)(Code) | | Returns true if this list contains all of the elements of the
specified collection.
Parameters: c - collection to be checked for containment in this list true if this list contains all of the elements of thespecified collection throws: ClassCastException - if the types of one or more elementsin the specified collection are incompatible with thislist (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if the specified collection contains oneor more null elements and this list does not permit nullelements (optional), or if the specified collection is null See Also: List.contains(Object) |
equals | boolean equals(Object o)(Code) | | Compares the specified object with this list for equality. Returns
true if and only if the specified object is also a list, both
lists have the same size, and all corresponding pairs of elements in
the two lists are equal. (Two elements e1 and
e2 are equal if (e1==null ? e2==null :
e1.equals(e2)).) In other words, two lists are defined to be
equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. This
definition ensures that the equals method works properly across
different implementations of the List interface.
Parameters: o - the object to be compared for equality with this list true if the specified object is equal to this list |
get | E get(int index)(Code) | | Returns the element at the specified position in this list.
Parameters: index - index of the element to return the element at the specified position in this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range(index < 0 || index >= size()) |
hashCode | int hashCode()(Code) | | Returns the hash code value for this list. The hash code of a list
is defined to be the result of the following calculation:
int hashCode = 1;
for (E e : list)
hashCode = 31*hashCode + (e==null ? 0 : e.hashCode());
This ensures that list1.equals(list2) implies that
list1.hashCode()==list2.hashCode() for any two lists,
list1 and list2, as required by the general
contract of
Object.hashCode .
the hash code value for this list See Also: Object.equals(Object) See Also: List.equals(Object) |
indexOf | int indexOf(Object o)(Code) | | Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element
in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element.
More formally, returns the lowest index i such that
(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i))),
or -1 if there is no such index.
Parameters: o - element to search for the index of the first occurrence of the specified element inthis list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element throws: ClassCastException - if the type of the specified elementis incompatible with this list (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and thislist does not permit null elements (optional) |
isEmpty | boolean isEmpty()(Code) | | Returns true if this list contains no elements.
true if this list contains no elements |
iterator | Iterator<E> iterator()(Code) | | Returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence.
an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence |
lastIndexOf | int lastIndexOf(Object o)(Code) | | Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element
in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element.
More formally, returns the highest index i such that
(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i))),
or -1 if there is no such index.
Parameters: o - element to search for the index of the last occurrence of the specified element inthis list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element throws: ClassCastException - if the type of the specified elementis incompatible with this list (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and thislist does not permit null elements (optional) |
listIterator | ListIterator<E> listIterator()(Code) | | Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper
sequence).
a list iterator over the elements in this list (in propersequence) |
listIterator | ListIterator<E> listIterator(int index)(Code) | | Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper
sequence), starting at the specified position in the list.
The specified index indicates the first element that would be
returned by an initial call to
ListIterator.next next .
An initial call to
ListIterator.previous previous would
return the element with the specified index minus one.
Parameters: index - index of the first element to be returned from thelist iterator (by a call to ListIterator.next next) a list iterator over the elements in this list (in propersequence), starting at the specified position in the list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range( index < 0 || index > size() ) |
remove | boolean remove(Object o)(Code) | | Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this list,
if it is present (optional operation). If this list does not contain
the element, it is unchanged. More formally, removes the element with
the lowest index i such that
(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i)))
(if such an element exists). Returns true if this list
contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this list changed
as a result of the call).
Parameters: o - element to be removed from this list, if present true if this list contained the specified element throws: ClassCastException - if the type of the specified elementis incompatible with this list (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null and thislist does not permit null elements (optional) throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the remove operationis not supported by this list |
remove | E remove(int index)(Code) | | Removes the element at the specified position in this list (optional
operation). Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one
from their indices). Returns the element that was removed from the
list.
Parameters: index - the index of the element to be removed the element previously at the specified position throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the remove operationis not supported by this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range(index < 0 || index >= size()) |
removeAll | boolean removeAll(Collection> c)(Code) | | Removes from this list all of its elements that are contained in the
specified collection (optional operation).
Parameters: c - collection containing elements to be removed from this list true if this list changed as a result of the call throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the removeAll operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of an element of this listis incompatible with the specified collection (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if this list contains a null element and thespecified collection does not permit null elements (optional),or if the specified collection is null See Also: List.remove(Object) See Also: List.contains(Object) |
retainAll | boolean retainAll(Collection> c)(Code) | | Retains only the elements in this list that are contained in the
specified collection (optional operation). In other words, removes
from this list all of its elements that are not contained in the
specified collection.
Parameters: c - collection containing elements to be retained in this list true if this list changed as a result of the call throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the retainAll operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of an element of this listis incompatible with the specified collection (optional) throws: NullPointerException - if this list contains a null element and thespecified collection does not permit null elements (optional),or if the specified collection is null See Also: List.remove(Object) See Also: List.contains(Object) |
set | E set(int index, E element)(Code) | | Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the
specified element (optional operation).
Parameters: index - index of the element to replace Parameters: element - element to be stored at the specified position the element previously at the specified position throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if the set operationis not supported by this list throws: ClassCastException - if the class of the specified elementprevents it from being added to this list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified element is null andthis list does not permit null elements throws: IllegalArgumentException - if some property of the specifiedelement prevents it from being added to this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of range(index < 0 || index >= size()) |
size | int size()(Code) | | Returns the number of elements in this list. If this list contains
more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns
Integer.MAX_VALUE.
the number of elements in this list |
subList | List<E> subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex)(Code) | | Returns a view of the portion of this list between the specified
fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive. (If
fromIndex and toIndex are equal, the returned list is
empty.) The returned list is backed by this list, so non-structural
changes in the returned list are reflected in this list, and vice-versa.
The returned list supports all of the optional list operations supported
by this list.
This method eliminates the need for explicit range operations (of
the sort that commonly exist for arrays). Any operation that expects
a list can be used as a range operation by passing a subList view
instead of a whole list. For example, the following idiom
removes a range of elements from a list:
list.subList(from, to).clear();
Similar idioms may be constructed for indexOf and
lastIndexOf, and all of the algorithms in the
Collections class can be applied to a subList.
The semantics of the list returned by this method become undefined if
the backing list (i.e., this list) is structurally modified in
any way other than via the returned list. (Structural modifications are
those that change the size of this list, or otherwise perturb it in such
a fashion that iterations in progress may yield incorrect results.)
Parameters: fromIndex - low endpoint (inclusive) of the subList Parameters: toIndex - high endpoint (exclusive) of the subList a view of the specified range within this list throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - for an illegal endpoint index value(fromIndex < 0 || toIndex > size ||fromIndex > toIndex) |
toArray | Object[] toArray()(Code) | | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in proper
sequence (from first to last element).
The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are
maintained by this list. (In other words, this method must
allocate a new array even if this list is backed by an array).
The caller is thus free to modify the returned array.
This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based
APIs.
an array containing all of the elements in this list in propersequence See Also: Arrays.asList(Object[]) |
toArray | T[] toArray(T[] a)(Code) | | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in
proper sequence (from first to last element); the runtime type of
the returned array is that of the specified array. If the list fits
in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new
array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and
the size of this list.
If the list fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e.,
the array has more elements than the list), the element in the array
immediately following the end of the list is set to null.
(This is useful in determining the length of the list only if
the caller knows that the list does not contain any null elements.)
Like the
List.toArray() method, this method acts as bridge between
array-based and collection-based APIs. Further, this method allows
precise control over the runtime type of the output array, and may,
under certain circumstances, be used to save allocation costs.
Suppose x is a list known to contain only strings.
The following code can be used to dump the list into a newly
allocated array of String:
String[] y = x.toArray(new String[0]);
Note that toArray(new Object[0]) is identical in function to
toArray().
Parameters: a - the array into which the elements of this list are tobe stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of thesame runtime type is allocated for this purpose. an array containing the elements of this list throws: ArrayStoreException - if the runtime type of the specified arrayis not a supertype of the runtime type of every element inthis list throws: NullPointerException - if the specified array is null |
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