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Difference between ArrayList.clear() and ArrayList.removeAll() in java?
The ArrayList class in Java is a Resizable-array implementation of the List interface. It allows null values.
The clear() method this class removes all the elements from the current List object.
Example
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ClearExample {
public static void main(String[] args){
//Instantiating an ArrayList object
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("JavaFX");
list.add("Java");
list.add("WebGL");
list.add("OpenCV");
list.add("Impala");
System.out.println("Contents of the Array List: \n"+list);
//Removing the sub list
list.clear();
System.out.println("Contents of the ArrayList object after invoking the clear() method: "+list);
}
}Output
Contents of the Array List: [JavaFX, Java, WebGL, OpenCV, Impala] Contents of the ArrayList object after invoking the clear() method: []
Whereas, the removeAll() method of the ArrayList class accepts another collection object as a parameter and removes all the contents of it from the current ArrayList.
Example
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ClearExample {
public static void main(String[] args){
//Instantiating an ArrayList object
ArrayList<String> list1 = new ArrayList<String>();
list1.add("JavaFX");
list1.add("Java");
list1.add("WebGL");
list1.add("OpenCV");
list1.add("OpenNLP");
list1.add("JOGL");
list1.add("Hadoop");
list1.add("HBase");
list1.add("Flume");
list1.add("Mahout");
list1.add("Impala");
System.out.println("Contents of the Array List1 : \n"+list1);
ArrayList<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>();
list2.add("JOGL");
list2.add("Hadoop");
list2.add("HBase");
list2.add("Flume");
list2.add("Mahout");
list2.add("Impala");
System.out.println("Contents of the Array List1 : \n"+list2);
//Removing elements
list1.removeAll(list2);
System.out.println("Contents of the Array List after removal: \n"+list1);
}
}Output
Contents of the Array List1 : [JavaFX, Java, WebGL, OpenCV, OpenNLP, JOGL, Hadoop, HBase, Flume, Mahout, Impala] Contents of the Array List1 : [JOGL, Hadoop, HBase, Flume, Mahout, Impala] Contents of the Array List after removal: [JavaFX, Java, WebGL, OpenCV, OpenNLP]
Updated on: 15-Oct-2019
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