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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Java Collection Framework - ListIterator Interface

The ListIterator interface extends the Iterator interface to support bi-directional access as well as adding or removing or changing elements in the underlying collection.

An iterator for lists that allows the programmer to traverse the list in either direction, modify the list during iteration, and obtain the iterator's current position in the list. A ListIterator has no current element; its cursor position always lies between the element that would be returned by a call to previous() and the element that would be returned by a call to next(). In a list of length n, there are n+1 valid index values, from 0 to n, inclusive.

 void
add(int index, Object element)
Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list (optional operation).
 boolean
add(Object o)
Appends the specified element to the end of this list (optional operation).
 boolean
addAll(Collection 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 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.
 Object
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 in this list of the first occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if this list does not contain this element.
 boolean
isEmpty()
Returns true if this list contains no elements.
 Iterator
iterator()
Returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence.
 int
lastIndexOf(Object o)
Returns the index in this list of the last occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if this list does not contain this element.
 ListIterator
listIterator()
Returns a list iterator of the elements in this list (in proper sequence).
 ListIterator
listIterator(int index)
Returns a list iterator of the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in this list.
 Object
remove(int index)
Removes the element at the specified position in this list (optional operation).
 boolean
remove(Object o)
Removes the first occurrence in this list of the specified element (optional operation).
 boolean
removeAll(Collection c)
Removes from this list all the 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).
 Object
set(int index, Object 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
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.
 Object[]
toArray(Object[] a)
Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in proper sequence; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array.

The add(0 operation requires a little bit of explanation, also Adding an element results in the new element being added immediately prior to the implicit cursor. This calling preious after adding an element would return the new element and calling next would have no effect, returning what would hav been the next element prior to the add operation.

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