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Also see this 105 class's counterparts <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Sets</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Maps.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Maps</CODE></A>. 106<P> 107 108<P> 109<DL> 110<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 111 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD> 112<DT><B>Author:</B></DT> 113 <DD>Kevin Bourrillion, Mike Bostock</DD> 114</DL> 115<HR> 116 117<P> 118 119<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 120 121<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 122<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 123<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 124<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 125<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 126</TR> 127<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 128<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 129<CODE>static 130<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 131<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 132<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 133<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 134</TR> 135</TABLE> 136</CODE></FONT></TD> 137<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#asList(E, E[])">asList</A></B>(E first, 138 E[] rest)</CODE> 139 140<BR> 141 Returns an unmodifiable list containing the specified first element and 142 backed by the specified array of additional elements.</TD> 143</TR> 144<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 145<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 146<CODE>static 147<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 148<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 149<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 150<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 151</TR> 152</TABLE> 153</CODE></FONT></TD> 154<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#asList(E, E, E[])">asList</A></B>(E first, 155 E second, 156 E[] rest)</CODE> 157 158<BR> 159 Returns an unmodifiable list containing the specified first and second 160 element, and backed by the specified array of additional elements.</TD> 161</TR> 162<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 163<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 164<CODE>static 165<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 166<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 167<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 168<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 169</TR> 170</TABLE> 171</CODE></FONT></TD> 172<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayList()">newArrayList</A></B>()</CODE> 173 174<BR> 175 Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>ArrayList</code> instance.</TD> 176</TR> 177<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 178<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 179<CODE>static 180<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 181<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 182<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 183<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 184</TR> 185</TABLE> 186</CODE></FONT></TD> 187<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayList(E...)">newArrayList</A></B>(E... elements)</CODE> 188 189<BR> 190 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 191 elements.</TD> 192</TR> 193<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 194<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 195<CODE>static 196<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 197<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 198<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 199<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 200</TR> 201</TABLE> 202</CODE></FONT></TD> 203<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayList(java.lang.Iterable)">newArrayList</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 204 205<BR> 206 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 207 elements.</TD> 208</TR> 209<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 210<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 211<CODE>static 212<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 213<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 214<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 215<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 216</TR> 217</TABLE> 218</CODE></FONT></TD> 219<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayList(java.util.Iterator)">newArrayList</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 220 221<BR> 222 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 223 elements.</TD> 224</TR> 225<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 226<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 227<CODE>static 228<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 229<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 230<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 231<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 232</TR> 233</TABLE> 234</CODE></FONT></TD> 235<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayListWithCapacity(int)">newArrayListWithCapacity</A></B>(int initialArraySize)</CODE> 236 237<BR> 238 Creates an <code>ArrayList</code> instance backed by an array of the 239 <i>exact</i> size specified; equivalent to 240 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true#ArrayList(int)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>ArrayList.ArrayList(int)</CODE></A>.</TD> 241</TR> 242<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 243<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 244<CODE>static 245<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 246<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 247<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 248<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 249</TR> 250</TABLE> 251</CODE></FONT></TD> 252<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayListWithExpectedSize(int)">newArrayListWithExpectedSize</A></B>(int estimatedSize)</CODE> 253 254<BR> 255 Creates an <code>ArrayList</code> instance sized appropriately to hold an 256 <i>estimated</i> number of elements without resizing.</TD> 257</TR> 258<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 259<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 260<CODE>static 261<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 262<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 263<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 264<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 265</TR> 266</TABLE> 267</CODE></FONT></TD> 268<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newLinkedList()">newLinkedList</A></B>()</CODE> 269 270<BR> 271 Creates an empty <code>LinkedList</code> instance.</TD> 272</TR> 273<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 274<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 275<CODE>static 276<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 277<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 278<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 279<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedList</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 280</TR> 281</TABLE> 282</CODE></FONT></TD> 283<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newLinkedList(java.lang.Iterable)">newLinkedList</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 284 285<BR> 286 Creates a <code>LinkedList</code> instance containing the given elements.</TD> 287</TR> 288<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 289<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 290<CODE>static 291<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 292<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 293<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 294<CODE><T> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T>></CODE></FONT></TD> 295</TR> 296</TABLE> 297</CODE></FONT></TD> 298<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#partition(java.util.List, int)">partition</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T> list, 299 int size)</CODE> 300 301<BR> 302 Returns consecutive <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#subList(int, int)" title="class or interface in java.util">sublists</A> of a list, 303 each of the same size (the final list may be smaller).</TD> 304</TR> 305<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 306<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 307<CODE>static 308<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 309<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 310<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 311<CODE><F,T> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T></CODE></FONT></TD> 312</TR> 313</TABLE> 314</CODE></FONT></TD> 315<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#transform(java.util.List, com.google.common.base.Function)">transform</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><F> fromList, 316 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Function</A><? super F,? extends T> function)</CODE> 317 318<BR> 319 Returns a list that applies <code>function</code> to each element of <code>fromList</code>.</TD> 320</TR> 321</TABLE> 322 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 323<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 324<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 325<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> 326</TR> 327<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 328<TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait()" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD> 329</TR> 330</TABLE> 331 332<P> 333 334<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 335 336<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 337<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 338<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 339<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 340<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 341</TR> 342</TABLE> 343 344<A NAME="newArrayList()"><!-- --></A><H3> 345newArrayList</H3> 346<PRE> 347public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayList</B>()</PRE> 348<DL> 349<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>ArrayList</code> instance. 350 351 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableList.html#of()"><CODE>ImmutableList.of()</CODE></A> instead. 352<P> 353<DD><DL> 354 355<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>ArrayList</code></DL> 356</DD> 357</DL> 358<HR> 359 360<A NAME="newArrayList(java.lang.Object[])"><!-- --></A><A NAME="newArrayList(E...)"><!-- --></A><H3> 361newArrayList</H3> 362<PRE> 363public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayList</B>(E... elements)</PRE> 364<DL> 365<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 366 elements. 367 368 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 369 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableList.html#of(E...)"><CODE>ImmutableList.of(Object[])</CODE></A> instead. 370<P> 371<DD><DL> 372<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the list should contain, in order 373<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>ArrayList</code> containing those elements</DL> 374</DD> 375</DL> 376<HR> 377 378<A NAME="newArrayList(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 379newArrayList</H3> 380<PRE> 381public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayList</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 382<DL> 383<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 384 elements. 385 386 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 387 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableList.html#copyOf(java.util.Iterator)"><CODE>ImmutableList.copyOf(Iterator)</CODE></A> instead. 388<P> 389<DD><DL> 390<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the list should contain, in order 391<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>ArrayList</code> containing those elements</DL> 392</DD> 393</DL> 394<HR> 395 396<A NAME="newArrayList(java.util.Iterator)"><!-- --></A><H3> 397newArrayList</H3> 398<PRE> 399public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayList</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 400<DL> 401<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>ArrayList</code> instance containing the given 402 elements. 403 404 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 405 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableList.html#copyOf(java.util.Iterator)"><CODE>ImmutableList.copyOf(Iterator)</CODE></A> instead. 406<P> 407<DD><DL> 408<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the list should contain, in order 409<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>ArrayList</code> containing those elements</DL> 410</DD> 411</DL> 412<HR> 413 414<A NAME="newArrayListWithCapacity(int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 415newArrayListWithCapacity</H3> 416<PRE> 417public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayListWithCapacity</B>(int initialArraySize)</PRE> 418<DL> 419<DD>Creates an <code>ArrayList</code> instance backed by an array of the 420 <i>exact</i> size specified; equivalent to 421 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true#ArrayList(int)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>ArrayList.ArrayList(int)</CODE></A>. 422 423 <p><b>Note:</b> if you know the exact size your list will be, consider 424 using a fixed-size list (<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true#asList(T...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays.asList(Object[])</CODE></A>) or an <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableList.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>ImmutableList</CODE></A> instead of a growable <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>ArrayList</CODE></A>. 425 426 <p><b>Note:</b> If you have only an <i>estimate</i> of the eventual size of 427 the list, consider padding this estimate by a suitable amount, or simply 428 use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayListWithExpectedSize(int)"><CODE>newArrayListWithExpectedSize(int)</CODE></A> instead. 429<P> 430<DD><DL> 431<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>initialArraySize</CODE> - the exact size of the initial backing array for 432 the returned array list (<code>ArrayList</code> documentation calls this 433 value the "capacity") 434<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>ArrayList</code> which is guaranteed not to resize 435 itself unless its size reaches <code>initialArraySize + 1</code> 436<DT><B>Throws:</B> 437<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>initialArraySize</code> is negative</DL> 438</DD> 439</DL> 440<HR> 441 442<A NAME="newArrayListWithExpectedSize(int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 443newArrayListWithExpectedSize</H3> 444<PRE> 445public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">ArrayList</A><E> <B>newArrayListWithExpectedSize</B>(int estimatedSize)</PRE> 446<DL> 447<DD>Creates an <code>ArrayList</code> instance sized appropriately to hold an 448 <i>estimated</i> number of elements without resizing. A small amount of 449 padding is added in case the estimate is low. 450 451 <p><b>Note:</b> If you know the <i>exact</i> number of elements the list 452 will hold, or prefer to calculate your own amount of padding, refer to 453 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html#newArrayListWithCapacity(int)"><CODE>newArrayListWithCapacity(int)</CODE></A>. 454<P> 455<DD><DL> 456<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>estimatedSize</CODE> - an estimate of the eventual <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#size()" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List.size()</CODE></A> of 457 the new list 458<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>ArrayList</code>, sized appropriately to hold the 459 estimated number of elements 460<DT><B>Throws:</B> 461<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>estimatedSize</code> is negative</DL> 462</DD> 463</DL> 464<HR> 465 466<A NAME="newLinkedList()"><!-- --></A><H3> 467newLinkedList</H3> 468<PRE> 469public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedList</A><E> <B>newLinkedList</B>()</PRE> 470<DL> 471<DD>Creates an empty <code>LinkedList</code> instance. 472 473 <p><b>Note:</b> if you need an immutable empty <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List</CODE></A>, use 474 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html?is-external=true#emptyList()" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Collections.emptyList()</CODE></A> instead. 475<P> 476<DD><DL> 477 478<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>LinkedList</code></DL> 479</DD> 480</DL> 481<HR> 482 483<A NAME="newLinkedList(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 484newLinkedList</H3> 485<PRE> 486public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedList</A><E> <B>newLinkedList</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 487<DL> 488<DD>Creates a <code>LinkedList</code> instance containing the given elements. 489<P> 490<DD><DL> 491<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the list should contain, in order 492<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>LinkedList</code> containing those elements</DL> 493</DD> 494</DL> 495<HR> 496 497<A NAME="asList(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object[])"><!-- --></A><A NAME="asList(E, E[])"><!-- --></A><H3> 498asList</H3> 499<PRE> 500public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><E> <B>asList</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 501 E first, 502 E[] rest)</PRE> 503<DL> 504<DD>Returns an unmodifiable list containing the specified first element and 505 backed by the specified array of additional elements. Changes to the <code>rest</code> array will be reflected in the returned list. Unlike <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true#asList(T...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays.asList(T...)</CODE></A>, the returned list is unmodifiable. 506 507 <p>This is useful when a varargs method needs to use a signature such as 508 <code>(Foo firstFoo, Foo... moreFoos)</code>, in order to avoid overload 509 ambiguity or to enforce a minimum argument count. 510 511 <p>The returned list is serializable and implements <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/RandomAccess.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>RandomAccess</CODE></A>. 512<P> 513<DD><DL> 514<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>first</CODE> - the first element<DD><CODE>rest</CODE> - an array of additional elements, possibly empty 515<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an unmodifiable list containing the specified elements</DL> 516</DD> 517</DL> 518<HR> 519 520<A NAME="asList(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object[])"><!-- --></A><A NAME="asList(E, E, E[])"><!-- --></A><H3> 521asList</H3> 522<PRE> 523public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><E> <B>asList</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 524 E first, 525 <FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 526 E second, 527 E[] rest)</PRE> 528<DL> 529<DD>Returns an unmodifiable list containing the specified first and second 530 element, and backed by the specified array of additional elements. Changes 531 to the <code>rest</code> array will be reflected in the returned list. Unlike 532 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true#asList(T...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays.asList(T...)</CODE></A>, the returned list is unmodifiable. 533 534 <p>This is useful when a varargs method needs to use a signature such as 535 <code>(Foo firstFoo, Foo secondFoo, Foo... moreFoos)</code>, in order to avoid 536 overload ambiguity or to enforce a minimum argument count. 537 538 <p>The returned list is serializable and implements <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/RandomAccess.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>RandomAccess</CODE></A>. 539<P> 540<DD><DL> 541<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>first</CODE> - the first element<DD><CODE>second</CODE> - the second element<DD><CODE>rest</CODE> - an array of additional elements, possibly empty 542<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an unmodifiable list containing the specified elements</DL> 543</DD> 544</DL> 545<HR> 546 547<A NAME="transform(java.util.List, com.google.common.base.Function)"><!-- --></A><H3> 548transform</H3> 549<PRE> 550public static <F,T> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T> <B>transform</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><F> fromList, 551 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Function</A><? super F,? extends T> function)</PRE> 552<DL> 553<DD>Returns a list that applies <code>function</code> to each element of <code>fromList</code>. The returned list is a transformed view of <code>fromList</code>; 554 changes to <code>fromList</code> will be reflected in the returned list and vice 555 versa. 556 557 <p>Since functions are not reversible, the transform is one-way and new 558 items cannot be stored in the returned list. The <code>add</code>, 559 <code>addAll</code> and <code>set</code> methods are unsupported in the returned 560 list. 561 562 <p>The function is applied lazily, invoked when needed. This is necessary 563 for the returned list to be a view, but it means that the function will be 564 applied many times for bulk operations like <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#contains(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List.contains(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A> and 565 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List.hashCode()</CODE></A>. For this to perform well, <code>function</code> should be 566 fast. To avoid lazy evaluation when the returned list doesn't need to be a 567 view, copy the returned list into a new list of your choosing. 568 569 <p>If <code>fromList</code> implements <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/RandomAccess.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>RandomAccess</CODE></A>, so will the 570 returned list. The returned list always implements <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>Serializable</CODE></A>, 571 but serialization will succeed only when <code>fromList</code> and 572 <code>function</code> are serializable. The returned list is threadsafe if the 573 supplied list and function are. 574<P> 575<DD><DL> 576</DL> 577</DD> 578</DL> 579<HR> 580 581<A NAME="partition(java.util.List, int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 582partition</H3> 583<PRE> 584public static <T> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T>> <B>partition</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><T> list, 585 int size)</PRE> 586<DL> 587<DD>Returns consecutive <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#subList(int, int)" title="class or interface in java.util">sublists</A> of a list, 588 each of the same size (the final list may be smaller). For example, 589 partitioning a list containing <code>[a, b, c, d, e]</code> with a partition 590 size of 3 yields <code>[[a, b, c], [d, e]]</code> -- an outer list containing 591 two inner lists of three and two elements, all in the original order. 592 593 <p>The outer list is unmodifiable, but reflects the latest state of the 594 source list. The inner lists are sublist views of the original list, 595 produced on demand using <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#subList(int, int)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List.subList(int, int)</CODE></A>, and are subject 596 to all the usual caveats about modification as explained in that API. 597<P> 598<DD><DL> 599<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>list</CODE> - the list to return consecutive sublists of<DD><CODE>size</CODE> - the desired size of each sublist (the last may be 600 smaller) 601<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a list of consecutive sublists 602<DT><B>Throws:</B> 603<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>partitionSize</code> is nonpositive</DL> 604</DD> 605</DL> 606<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 607<HR> 608 609 610<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 611<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 612<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 613<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 614<TR> 615<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 616<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 617<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 618 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 619 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 620 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 621 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 622 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/Lists.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 623 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 624 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 625 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 626 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 627 </TR> 628</TABLE> 629</TD> 630<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 631</EM> 632</TD> 633</TR> 634 635<TR> 636<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 637 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 638 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/MapDifference.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 639<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 640 <A HREF="../../../../index.html?com/google/common/collect/Lists.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 641 <A HREF="Lists.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 642 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 643 <!-- 644 if(window==top) { 645 document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 646 } 647 //--> 648</SCRIPT> 649<NOSCRIPT> 650 <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 651</NOSCRIPT> 652 653 654</FONT></TD> 655</TR> 656<TR> 657<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 658 SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 659<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 660DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 661</TR> 662</TABLE> 663<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 664<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 665 666<HR> 667 668</BODY> 669</HTML> 670
