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ArrayList.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API21563Tue Jun 10 00:25:52 BST 2008java.util

ArrayList

public class ArrayList extends AbstractList implements RandomAccess, List, Cloneable, Serializable
Resizable-array implementation of the List interface. Implements all optional list operations, and permits all elements, including null. In addition to implementing the List interface, this class provides methods to manipulate the size of the array that is used internally to store the list. (This class is roughly equivalent to Vector, except that it is unsynchronized.)

The size, isEmpty, get, set, iterator, and listIterator operations run in constant time. The add operation runs in amortized constant time, that is, adding n elements requires O(n) time. All of the other operations run in linear time (roughly speaking). The constant factor is low compared to that for the LinkedList implementation.

Each ArrayList instance has a capacity. The capacity is the size of the array used to store the elements in the list. It is always at least as large as the list size. As elements are added to an ArrayList, its capacity grows automatically. The details of the growth policy are not specified beyond the fact that adding an element has constant amortized time cost.

An application can increase the capacity of an ArrayList instance before adding a large number of elements using the ensureCapacity operation. This may reduce the amount of incremental reallocation.

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access an ArrayList instance concurrently, and at least one of the threads modifies the list structurally, it must be synchronized externally. (A structural modification is any operation that adds or deletes one or more elements, or explicitly resizes the backing array; merely setting the value of an element is not a structural modification.) This is typically accomplished by synchronizing on some object that naturally encapsulates the list. If no such object exists, the list should be "wrapped" using the {@link Collections#synchronizedList Collections.synchronizedList} method. This is best done at creation time, to prevent accidental unsynchronized access to the list:

List list = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList(...));

The iterators returned by this class's iterator and listIterator methods are fail-fast: if the list is structurally modified at any time after the iterator is created, in any way except through the iterator's own remove or add methods, the iterator will throw a {@link ConcurrentModificationException}. Thus, in the face of concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and cleanly, rather than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an undetermined time in the future.

Note that the fail-fast behavior of an iterator cannot be guaranteed as it is, generally speaking, impossible to make any hard guarantees in the presence of unsynchronized concurrent modification. Fail-fast iterators throw ConcurrentModificationException on a best-effort basis. Therefore, it would be wrong to write a program that depended on this exception for its correctness: the fail-fast behavior of iterators should be used only to detect bugs.

This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

author
Josh Bloch
author
Neal Gafter
version
1.56, 04/21/06
see
Collection
see
List
see
LinkedList
see
Vector
since
1.2

Fields Summary
private static final long
serialVersionUID
private transient Object[]
elementData
The array buffer into which the elements of the ArrayList are stored. The capacity of the ArrayList is the length of this array buffer.
private int
size
The size of the ArrayList (the number of elements it contains).
Constructors Summary
public ArrayList(int initialCapacity)
Constructs an empty list with the specified initial capacity.

param
initialCapacity the initial capacity of the list
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the specified initial capacity is negative


                                                  
       
	super();
        if (initialCapacity < 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Capacity: "+
                                               initialCapacity);
	this.elementData = new Object[initialCapacity];
    
public ArrayList()
Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten.

	this(10);
    
public ArrayList(Collection c)
Constructs a list containing the elements of the specified collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's iterator.

param
c the collection whose elements are to be placed into this list
throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

	elementData = c.toArray();
	size = elementData.length;
	// c.toArray might (incorrectly) not return Object[] (see 6260652)
	if (elementData.getClass() != Object[].class)
	    elementData = Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size, Object[].class);
    
Methods Summary
private voidRangeCheck(int index)
Checks if the given index is in range. If not, throws an appropriate runtime exception. This method does *not* check if the index is negative: It is always used immediately prior to an array access, which throws an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative.

	if (index >= size)
	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
		"Index: "+index+", Size: "+size);
    
public booleanadd(E e)
Appends the specified element to the end of this list.

param
e element to be appended to this list
return
true (as specified by {@link Collection#add})

	ensureCapacity(size + 1);  // Increments modCount!!
	elementData[size++] = e;
	return true;
    
public voidadd(int index, E element)
Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list. Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (adds one to their indices).

param
index index at which the specified element is to be inserted
param
element element to be inserted
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}

	if (index > size || index < 0)
	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
		"Index: "+index+", Size: "+size);

	ensureCapacity(size+1);  // Increments modCount!!
	System.arraycopy(elementData, index, elementData, index + 1,
			 size - index);
	elementData[index] = element;
	size++;
    
public booleanaddAll(java.util.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. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress. (This implies that the behavior of this call is undefined if the specified collection is this list, and this list is nonempty.)

param
c collection containing elements to be added to this list
return
true if this list changed as a result of the call
throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

	Object[] a = c.toArray();
        int numNew = a.length;
	ensureCapacity(size + numNew);  // Increments modCount
        System.arraycopy(a, 0, elementData, size, numNew);
        size += numNew;
	return numNew != 0;
    
public booleanaddAll(int index, java.util.Collection c)
Inserts all of the elements in the specified collection into this list, starting at the specified position. 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 the list in the order that they are returned by the specified collection's iterator.

param
index index at which to insert the first element from the specified collection
param
c collection containing elements to be added to this list
return
true if this list changed as a result of the call
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}
throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

	if (index > size || index < 0)
	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
		"Index: " + index + ", Size: " + size);

	Object[] a = c.toArray();
	int numNew = a.length;
	ensureCapacity(size + numNew);  // Increments modCount

	int numMoved = size - index;
	if (numMoved > 0)
	    System.arraycopy(elementData, index, elementData, index + numNew,
			     numMoved);

        System.arraycopy(a, 0, elementData, index, numNew);
	size += numNew;
	return numNew != 0;
    
public voidclear()
Removes all of the elements from this list. The list will be empty after this call returns.

	modCount++;

	// Let gc do its work
	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
	    elementData[i] = null;

	size = 0;
    
public java.lang.Objectclone()
Returns a shallow copy of this ArrayList instance. (The elements themselves are not copied.)

return
a clone of this ArrayList instance

	try {
	    ArrayList<E> v = (ArrayList<E>) super.clone();
	    v.elementData = Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size);
	    v.modCount = 0;
	    return v;
	} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
	    // this shouldn't happen, since we are Cloneable
	    throw new InternalError();
	}
    
public booleancontains(java.lang.Object o)
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)).

param
o element whose presence in this list is to be tested
return
true if this list contains the specified element

	return indexOf(o) >= 0;
    
public voidensureCapacity(int minCapacity)
Increases the capacity of this ArrayList instance, if necessary, to ensure that it can hold at least the number of elements specified by the minimum capacity argument.

param
minCapacity the desired minimum capacity

	modCount++;
	int oldCapacity = elementData.length;
	if (minCapacity > oldCapacity) {
	    Object oldData[] = elementData;
	    int newCapacity = (oldCapacity * 3)/2 + 1;
    	    if (newCapacity < minCapacity)
		newCapacity = minCapacity;
            // minCapacity is usually close to size, so this is a win:
            elementData = Arrays.copyOf(elementData, newCapacity);
	}
    
private voidfastRemove(int index)

        modCount++;
        int numMoved = size - index - 1;
        if (numMoved > 0)
            System.arraycopy(elementData, index+1, elementData, index,
                             numMoved);
        elementData[--size] = null; // Let gc do its work
    
public Eget(int index)
Returns the element at the specified position in this list.

param
index index of the element to return
return
the element at the specified position in this list
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}

	RangeCheck(index);

	return (E) elementData[index];
    
public intindexOf(java.lang.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. 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.

	if (o == null) {
	    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
		if (elementData[i]==null)
		    return i;
	} else {
	    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
		if (o.equals(elementData[i]))
		    return i;
	}
	return -1;
    
public booleanisEmpty()
Returns true if this list contains no elements.

return
true if this list contains no elements

	return size == 0;
    
public intlastIndexOf(java.lang.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. 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.

	if (o == null) {
	    for (int i = size-1; i >= 0; i--)
		if (elementData[i]==null)
		    return i;
	} else {
	    for (int i = size-1; i >= 0; i--)
		if (o.equals(elementData[i]))
		    return i;
	}
	return -1;
    
private voidreadObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
Reconstitute the ArrayList instance from a stream (that is, deserialize it).

	// Read in size, and any hidden stuff
	s.defaultReadObject();

        // Read in array length and allocate array
        int arrayLength = s.readInt();
        Object[] a = elementData = new Object[arrayLength];

	// Read in all elements in the proper order.
	for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
            a[i] = s.readObject();
    
public Eremove(int index)
Removes the element at the specified position in this list. Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their indices).

param
index the index of the element to be removed
return
the element that was removed from the list
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}

	RangeCheck(index);

	modCount++;
	E oldValue = (E) elementData[index];

	int numMoved = size - index - 1;
	if (numMoved > 0)
	    System.arraycopy(elementData, index+1, elementData, index,
			     numMoved);
	elementData[--size] = null; // Let gc do its work

	return oldValue;
    
public booleanremove(java.lang.Object o)
Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this list, if it is present. If the 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).

param
o element to be removed from this list, if present
return
true if this list contained the specified element

	if (o == null) {
            for (int index = 0; index < size; index++)
		if (elementData[index] == null) {
		    fastRemove(index);
		    return true;
		}
	} else {
	    for (int index = 0; index < size; index++)
		if (o.equals(elementData[index])) {
		    fastRemove(index);
		    return true;
		}
        }
	return false;
    
protected voidremoveRange(int fromIndex, int toIndex)
Removes from this list all of the elements whose index is between fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive. Shifts any succeeding elements to the left (reduces their index). This call shortens the list by (toIndex - fromIndex) elements. (If toIndex==fromIndex, this operation has no effect.)

param
fromIndex index of first element to be removed
param
toIndex index after last element to be removed
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if fromIndex or toIndex out of range (fromIndex < 0 || fromIndex >= size() || toIndex > size() || toIndex < fromIndex)

	modCount++;
	int numMoved = size - toIndex;
        System.arraycopy(elementData, toIndex, elementData, fromIndex,
                         numMoved);

	// Let gc do its work
	int newSize = size - (toIndex-fromIndex);
	while (size != newSize)
	    elementData[--size] = null;
    
public Eset(int index, E element)
Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the specified element.

param
index index of the element to replace
param
element element to be stored at the specified position
return
the element previously at the specified position
throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}

	RangeCheck(index);

	E oldValue = (E) elementData[index];
	elementData[index] = element;
	return oldValue;
    
public intsize()
Returns the number of elements in this list.

return
the number of elements in this list

	return size;
    
public java.lang.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. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array.

This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs.

return
an array containing all of the elements in this list in proper sequence

        return Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size);
    
public 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. 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 collection 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.)

param
a the array into which the elements of the list are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose.
return
an array containing the elements of the list
throws
ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of the runtime type of every element in this list
throws
NullPointerException if the specified array is null

        if (a.length < size)
            // Make a new array of a's runtime type, but my contents:
            return (T[]) Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size, a.getClass());
	System.arraycopy(elementData, 0, a, 0, size);
        if (a.length > size)
            a[size] = null;
        return a;
    
public voidtrimToSize()
Trims the capacity of this ArrayList instance to be the list's current size. An application can use this operation to minimize the storage of an ArrayList instance.

	modCount++;
	int oldCapacity = elementData.length;
	if (size < oldCapacity) {
            elementData = Arrays.copyOf(elementData, size);
	}
    
private voidwriteObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s)
Save the state of the ArrayList instance to a stream (that is, serialize it).

serialData
The length of the array backing the ArrayList instance is emitted (int), followed by all of its elements (each an Object) in the proper order.

	// Write out element count, and any hidden stuff
	int expectedModCount = modCount;
	s.defaultWriteObject();

        // Write out array length
        s.writeInt(elementData.length);

	// Write out all elements in the proper order.
	for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
            s.writeObject(elementData[i]);

	if (modCount != expectedModCount) {
            throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
        }