List : Java Glossary

2008-08-05 by Roedy Green ©1996-2008 Canadian Mind Products
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list

The word list in Java is only slightly less vague than the word thing. It has many meanings:

The traditional computer science meaning is a group of objects linked together in a chain by references.
LinkedList
The angle a boat tilts in the water.
A prioritised todo list.
java.awt.List, a scrolling list of choices from which you can select one. Like a Choice displayed already opened up. Further, it allows multiple selections if you use setMultipleMode( true ).
java.util.List is an interface implemented by LinkedList, ArrayList and Vector that characterises array-like collections. You can convert an ordinary array into a List with Arrays.asList(myArray). A List is a Collection, but it is not a Set. Lists can have duplicates; Sets cannot.
In dbAnywhere, a List is group of columns in an SQL table.

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on java.awt.List : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on java.util.List : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Collections.binarySearch (Lists only) : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Collections.shuffle (Lists only) : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Collections.sort (Lists only) : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Collections.synchronizedList : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Collections.unmodifiableList : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

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