Create a Read-Only list in Java

Description

The following code shows how to create a Read-Only list.

Example


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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    List stuff = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "a", "b" });

    List list = new ArrayList(stuff);
    list = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);

    try {
      list.set(0, "new value");
    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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