LinkedList (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.util

Class LinkedList

java.lang.Object java.util.AbstractCollection java.util.AbstractList java.util.AbstractSequentialList java.util.LinkedList

Type Parameters:

E - the type of elements held in this collection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable, Collection, List, Queue

public class LinkedList

extends AbstractSequentialList

implements List, Queue, Cloneable, Serializable

Linked list implementation of the List interface. Implements all optional list operations, and permits all elements (includingnull). In addition to implementing the List interface, the LinkedList class provides uniformly named methods toget, remove and insert an element at the beginning and end of the list. These operations allow linked lists to be used as a stack, queue, or double-ended queue (deque).

The class implements the Queue interface, providing first-in-first-out queue operations for add,poll, etc. Other stack and deque operations could be easily recast in terms of the standard list operations. They're included here primarily for convenience, though they may run slightly faster than the equivalent List operations.

All of the operations perform as could be expected for a doubly-linked list. Operations that index into the list will traverse the list from the beginning or the end, whichever is closer to the specified index.

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access a list 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; 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 Collections.synchronizedList method. This is best done at creation time, to prevent accidental unsynchronized access to the list:

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

The iterators returned by the this class's iterator andlistIterator 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 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.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

List, ArrayList, Vector, Collections.synchronizedList(List), Serialized Form

LinkedList

public LinkedList()

Constructs an empty list.

LinkedList

public LinkedList(Collection<? extends E> c)

Constructs a list containing the elements of the specified collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's iterator.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements are to be placed into this list.

Throws:

[NullPointerException](../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified collection is null.

getFirst

public E getFirst()

Returns the first element in this list.

Returns:

the first element in this list.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this list is empty.

getLast

public E getLast()

Returns the last element in this list.

Returns:

the last element in this list.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this list is empty.

removeFirst

public E removeFirst()

Removes and returns the first element from this list.

Returns:

the first element from this list.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this list is empty.

removeLast

public E removeLast()

Removes and returns the last element from this list.

Returns:

the last element from this list.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this list is empty.

addFirst

public void addFirst(E o)

Inserts the given element at the beginning of this list.

Parameters:

o - the element to be inserted at the beginning of this list.

addLast

public void addLast(E o)

Appends the given element to the end of this list. (Identical in function to the add method; included only for consistency.)

Parameters:

o - the element to be inserted at the end of this list.

contains

public boolean contains(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)).

Specified by:

[contains](../../java/util/Collection.html#contains%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[contains](../../java/util/List.html#contains%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[contains](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#contains%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - element whose presence in this list is to be tested.

Returns:

true if this list contains the specified element.

size

public int size()

Returns the number of elements in this list.

Specified by:

[size](../../java/util/Collection.html#size%28%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[size](../../java/util/List.html#size%28%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[size](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#size%28%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

the number of elements in this list.

add

public boolean add(E o)

Appends the specified element to the end of this list.

Specified by:

[add](../../java/util/Collection.html#add%28E%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[add](../../java/util/List.html#add%28E%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[add](../../java/util/AbstractList.html#add%28E%29) in class [AbstractList](../../java/util/AbstractList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - element to be appended to this list.

Returns:

true (as per the general contract ofCollection.add).

remove

public boolean remove(Object o)

Removes the first occurrence of the specified element in this list. 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).

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/util/Collection.html#remove%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/util/List.html#remove%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[remove](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#remove%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - element to be removed from this list, if present.

Returns:

true if the list contained the specified element.

addAll

public 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. 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.)

Specified by:

[addAll](../../java/util/Collection.html#addAll%28java.util.Collection%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[addAll](../../java/util/List.html#addAll%28java.util.Collection%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[addAll](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#addAll%28java.util.Collection%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

c - the elements to be inserted into this list.

Returns:

true if this list changed as a result of the call.

Throws:

[NullPointerException](../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified collection is null.

See Also:

AbstractCollection.add(Object)

addAll

public boolean addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> 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.

Specified by:

[addAll](../../java/util/List.html#addAll%28int, java.util.Collection%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[addAll](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#addAll%28int, java.util.Collection%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - index at which to insert first element from the specified collection.

c - elements to be inserted into this list.

Returns:

true if this list changed as a result of the call.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size()).

[NullPointerException](../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified collection is null.

clear

public void clear()

Removes all of the elements from this list.

Specified by:

[clear](../../java/util/Collection.html#clear%28%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[clear](../../java/util/List.html#clear%28%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[clear](../../java/util/AbstractList.html#clear%28%29) in class [AbstractList](../../java/util/AbstractList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

get

public E get(int index)

Returns the element at the specified position in this list.

Specified by:

[get](../../java/util/List.html#get%28int%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[get](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#get%28int%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - index of element to return.

Returns:

the element at the specified position in this list.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size()).

set

public E set(int index, E element)

Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the specified element.

Specified by:

[set](../../java/util/List.html#set%28int, E%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[set](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#set%28int, E%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - index of element to replace.

element - element to be stored at the specified position.

Returns:

the element previously at the specified position.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size()).

add

public void add(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).

Specified by:

[add](../../java/util/List.html#add%28int, E%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[add](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#add%28int, E%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - index at which the specified element is to be inserted.

element - element to be inserted.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size()).

remove

public E remove(int index)

Removes the element at the specified position in this list. Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their indices). Returns the element that was removed from the list.

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/util/List.html#remove%28int%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[remove](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#remove%28int%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - the index of the element to removed.

Returns:

the element previously at the specified position.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size()).

indexOf

public int indexOf(Object o)

Returns the index in this list of the first occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if the List does not contain this 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.

Specified by:

[indexOf](../../java/util/List.html#indexOf%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[indexOf](../../java/util/AbstractList.html#indexOf%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [AbstractList](../../java/util/AbstractList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - element to search for.

Returns:

the index in this list of the first occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this element.

lastIndexOf

public int lastIndexOf(Object o)

Returns the index in this list of the last occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this 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.

Specified by:

[lastIndexOf](../../java/util/List.html#lastIndexOf%28java.lang.Object%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[lastIndexOf](../../java/util/AbstractList.html#lastIndexOf%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [AbstractList](../../java/util/AbstractList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - element to search for.

Returns:

the index in this list of the last occurrence of the specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this element.

peek

public E peek()

Retrieves, but does not remove, the head (first element) of this list.

Specified by:

[peek](../../java/util/Queue.html#peek%28%29) in interface [Queue](../../java/util/Queue.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

Since:

1.5

element

public E element()

Retrieves, but does not remove, the head (first element) of this list.

Specified by:

[element](../../java/util/Queue.html#element%28%29) in interface [Queue](../../java/util/Queue.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

the head of this queue.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this queue is empty.

Since:

1.5

poll

public E poll()

Retrieves and removes the head (first element) of this list.

Specified by:

[poll](../../java/util/Queue.html#poll%28%29) in interface [Queue](../../java/util/Queue.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

Since:

1.5

remove

public E remove()

Retrieves and removes the head (first element) of this list.

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/util/Queue.html#remove%28%29) in interface [Queue](../../java/util/Queue.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

the head of this queue.

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if this queue is empty.

Since:

1.5

offer

public boolean offer(E o)

Adds the specified element as the tail (last element) of this list.

Specified by:

[offer](../../java/util/Queue.html#offer%28E%29) in interface [Queue](../../java/util/Queue.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

o - the element to add.

Returns:

true (as per the general contract ofQueue.offer)

Since:

1.5

listIterator

public ListIterator<E> listIterator(int index)

Returns a list-iterator of the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in the list. Obeys the general contract of List.listIterator(int).

The list-iterator is fail-fast: if the list is structurally modified at any time after the Iterator is created, in any way except through the list-iterator's own remove or add methods, the list-iterator will throw aConcurrentModificationException. 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.

Specified by:

[listIterator](../../java/util/List.html#listIterator%28int%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[listIterator](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html#listIterator%28int%29) in class [AbstractSequentialList](../../java/util/AbstractSequentialList.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

index - index of first element to be returned from the list-iterator (by a call to next).

Returns:

a ListIterator of the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in the list.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size()).

See Also:

List.listIterator(int)

clone

public Object clone()

Returns a shallow copy of this LinkedList. (The elements themselves are not cloned.)

Overrides:

[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a shallow copy of this LinkedList instance.

See Also:

Cloneable

toArray

public Object[] toArray()

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in the correct order.

Specified by:

[toArray](../../java/util/Collection.html#toArray%28%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[toArray](../../java/util/List.html#toArray%28%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[toArray](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#toArray%28%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Returns:

an array containing all of the elements in this list in the correct order.

See Also:

Arrays.asList(Object[])

toArray

public T[] toArray(T[] a)

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in the correct order; 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.

Specified by:

[toArray](../../java/util/Collection.html#toArray%28T[]%29) in interface [Collection](../../java/util/Collection.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Specified by:

[toArray](../../java/util/List.html#toArray%28T[]%29) in interface [List](../../java/util/List.html "interface in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Overrides:

[toArray](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html#toArray%28T[]%29) in class [AbstractCollection](../../java/util/AbstractCollection.html "class in java.util")<[E](../../java/util/LinkedList.html "type parameter in LinkedList")>

Parameters:

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.

Returns:

an array containing the elements of the list.

Throws:

[ArrayStoreException](../../java/lang/ArrayStoreException.html "class in java.lang") - if the runtime type of a is not a supertype of the runtime type of every element in this list.

[NullPointerException](../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified array is null.

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