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The document provides an overview of ArrayList in Java, highlighting its ability to create resizable arrays compared to standard fixed-length arrays. It details the constructors available for ArrayList, various methods for adding, removing, and accessing elements, and includes a practical exercise to implement an Employee storage system using ArrayList. Key functionalities such as dynamic resizing and element management are emphasized throughout the text.

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The document provides an overview of ArrayList in Java, highlighting its ability to create resizable arrays compared to standard fixed-length arrays. It details the constructors available for ArrayList, various methods for adding, removing, and accessing elements, and includes a practical exercise to implement an Employee storage system using ArrayList. Key functionalities such as dynamic resizing and element management are emphasized throughout the text.

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Programming in Java

Topic: ArrayList
Introduction
• Standard Java arrays are of a fixed length.

• After arrays are created, they cannot grow or shrink, which


means we can not resize Arrays.

• Arrays are useful when we know in advance how many


elements the array is to hold.

• ArrayList is a collection which provides the implementation of


resizable array.
ArrayList
• The ArrayList class extends AbstractList and implements the List
interface.

• Defined in java.util package.

• ArrayList supports dynamic arrays that can grow as needed.

• Array lists are created with an initial size.

• When this size is exceeded, the collection is automatically enlarged.

• When objects are removed, the array may be shrunk.


ArrayList Constructors
• T he ArrayList class supports three constructors.

 ArrayList() : creates an empty array list with an initial


capacity sufficient to hold 10 elements.

 ArrayList(int capacity) : creates an array list that has the


specified initial capacity.

 ArrayList(Collection c) : creates an array list that is initialized


with the elements of the collection c.
Methods of ArrayList

boolean add(Object o)
• Appends the specified element to the end of this list.

void add(int index, Object element)


• Inserts the specified element at the specified position index in
this list.
• Throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is
out of range.
boolean addAll(Collection c )
• Appends all of the elements in the specified collection to the end of
this list.
• Throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null .

boolean addAll(int index, Collection c )


• Inserts all of the elements of the specified collection into this list,
starting at the specified position.
• Throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null.
void clear()
• Removes all of the elements from this list.

Object remove(int index)


• Removes the element at the specified position in this list.

boolean remove(Object o)
• Removes the first specified object present in the arraylist.
int size()
• Returns the number of elements in the list.
boolean contains(Object o)
• Returns true if this list contains the specified element.

Object get(int index)


• Returns the element at the specified position in this list.

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 the element.

int lastIndexOf(Object o)
• Returns the index in this list of the last occurrence of the specified
element, or -1.
Let’s Do Something…

Write a program to store the Employee objects in an arraylist


such that each employee is having name, emp_id and salary
attributes.

Implement a method getEmployee(String name) and display


the emp_id and salary of that Employee.

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