The iterator() method of CopyOnWriteArrayList returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence. The iterator does NOT support the remove method.
Syntax:
Java
Java
public Iterator iterator()Parameters: The function does not accept any parameters. Return Value: The function returns an iterator over the elements in the list. Below programs illustrate the above function: Program 1:
// Java Program to illustrate the CopyOnWriteArrayList
// iterator() method in Java
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// create object of CopyOnWriteArrayList
CopyOnWriteArrayList<Integer> ArrLis
= new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Integer>();
// Add elements
ArrLis.add(32);
ArrLis.add(67);
ArrLis.add(67);
ArrLis.add(100);
// print CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("CopyOnWriteArrayList: " + ArrLis);
// Call iterator() method of
Iterator iteratorVals = ArrLis.iterator();
// Print elements of iterator
// created from CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("The iterator values"
+ " of CopyOnWriteArrayList are:");
// prints the elements using an iterator
while (iteratorVals.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(iteratorVals.next());
}
}
}
Output:
Program 2:
CopyOnWriteArrayList: [32, 67, 67, 100] The iterator values of CopyOnWriteArrayList are: 32 67 67 100
// Java Program to illustrate the CopyOnWriteArrayList
// iterator() method in Java
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// create object of CopyOnWriteArrayList
CopyOnWriteArrayList<String> ArrLis
= new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
// Add elements
ArrLis.add("gopal");
ArrLis.add("gfg");
ArrLis.add("jgec");
ArrLis.add("sudo");
// print CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("CopyOnWriteArrayList: " + ArrLis);
// Call iterator() method of
Iterator iteratorVals = ArrLis.iterator();
// Print elements of iterator
// created from CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("The iterator values"
+ " of CopyOnWriteArrayList are:");
// prints the elements using an iterator
while (iteratorVals.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(iteratorVals.next());
}
}
}
Output:
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/CopyOnWriteArrayList.html#iterator--CopyOnWriteArrayList: [gopal, gfg, jgec, sudo] The iterator values of CopyOnWriteArrayList are: gopal gfg jgec sudo