Java List Copy copy(java.util.List list)

Description

for providing a copy of a list -- especially useful for providing a concurrency safe iteration of a list

License

Educational Community License

Declaration

public static <T> List<T> copy(java.util.List<T> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww  w.  j  a  v a  2 s .co m
* Copyright 2003-2010 Tufts University  Licensed under the
 * Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
 * obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
 * BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /** for providing a copy of a list -- especially useful for providing a concurrency safe iteration of a list */
    public static <T> List<T> copy(java.util.List<T> list) {
        if (list instanceof java.util.ArrayList)
            return (List<T>) ((java.util.ArrayList) list).clone();
        else
            return new ArrayList(list);
    }
}

Related

1. copy(Collection list)
2. copy(final List list0, final List list1)
3. copy(List master)
4. copy(List oldlist)
5. copy(List src, boolean immutable)
6. copy(List src, int offset, int length)