java.util.Collections.list() Method

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Description

The list(Enumeration<T>) method is used to get an array list containing the elements returned by the specified enumeration in the order they are returned by the enumeration.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Collections.list() method.

public static <T> ArrayList<T> list(Enumeration<T> e)

Parameters

e − This is the enumeration providing elements for the returned array list.

Return Value

The method call returns the starting position of the last occurrence of the specified target list within the specified source list, or -1 if there is no such occurrence.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Collections.list()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class CollectionsDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      
      // create vector and array list
      List arrlist = new ArrayList();
      Vector v = new Vector();

      // populate the vector
      v.add("A");       
      v.add("B");
      v.add("C");
      v.add("D");
      v.add("E");

      // create enumeration
      Enumeration e = v.elements();

      // get the list
      arrlist = Collections.list(e);

      System.out.println("Value of returned list: "+arrlist);
   }    
}  

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result.

Value of returned list: [A, B, C, D, E]