Java Basic - Orange168/NotesOnReading GitHub Wiki
List Overview
- List is an ordered sequence of elements.
- Compare List with Set which is a set of unique and unordered elements.
Compare
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ArrayListis implemented as a resizale array, size is dynamical, elements can be accessed directly by using the get and set methods. -
LinkedListis implemented as a double linked list. its performance on add and remove is better than Arraylist, but worse on get and set methods. -
Vectoris similar with ArrayList, but it is synchronized. Normally, most Java programmers use ArrayList instead of Vector because they can synchronize explicitly by themselves.
ArrayList is a better choice if your program is thread-safe. Vector and ArrayList require more space as more elements are added. Vector each time doubles its array size, while ArrayList grow 50% of its size each time. LinkedList, however, also implements Queue interface which adds more methods than ArrayList and Vector, such as offer(), peek(), poll(), etc.
Test their performace
- Test code
ArrayList<Integer> arrayList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
LinkedList<Integer> linkedList = new LinkedList<Integer>();
// ArrayList add
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
arrayList.add(i);
}
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
long duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("ArrayList add: " + duration);
// LinkedList add
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
linkedList.add(i);
}
endTime = System.nanoTime();
duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("LinkedList add: " + duration);
// ArrayList get
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
arrayList.get(i);
}
endTime = System.nanoTime();
duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("ArrayList get: " + duration);
// LinkedList get
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
linkedList.get(i);
}
endTime = System.nanoTime();
duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("LinkedList get: " + duration);
// ArrayList remove
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 9999; i >=0; i--) {
arrayList.remove(i);
}
endTime = System.nanoTime();
duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("ArrayList remove: " + duration);
// LinkedList remove
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 9999; i >=0; i--) {
linkedList.remove(i);
}
endTime = System.nanoTime();
duration = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("LinkedList remove: " + duration);- Test result output is:
ArrayList add: 13265642
LinkedList add: 9550057
ArrayList get: 1543352
LinkedList get: 85085551
ArrayList remove: 199961301
LinkedList remove: 85768810
