The removeIf() method of CopyOnWriteArrayList removes the element from this CopyOnWriteArrayList that satisfies the specified condition.
Syntax:
Java
Java
public boolean removeIf (Predicate<E> filter)Parameters: This method accepts a mandatory parameter filter which is the predicate value based on which elements are removed from this List. Return Value: This method returns a boolean value such as true, if the CopyOnWriteArrayList is changed. Else this method returns false. Exceptions: This method throws NullPointerException if the specified Predicate filter is null. Below program illustrates the removeIf() function of CopyOnWriteArrayList class :
// Java Program to illustrate the CopyOnWriteArrayList
// removeIf() 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(2);
ArrLis.add(3);
ArrLis.add(4);
ArrLis.add(7);
ArrLis.add(6);
ArrLis.add(9);
// print CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("CopyOnWriteArrayList: "
+ ArrLis);
// if a number in the List is
// divisible by 3, then remove it
ArrLis.removeIf(number -> number % 3 == 0);
// print updated CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("Updated CopyOnWriteArrayList: "
+ ArrLis);
}
}
Output:
CopyOnWriteArrayList: [2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 9] Updated CopyOnWriteArrayList: [2, 4, 7]
// Java Program to illustrate the CopyOnWriteArrayList
// removeIf() 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("GeeksforGeeks");
ArrLis.add("GFG");
ArrLis.add("Geeks");
ArrLis.add("Gfg");
// print CopyOnWriteArrayList
System.out.println("CopyOnWriteArrayList: "
+ ArrLis);
try {
// This will throw NullPointerException
ArrLis.removeIf(null);
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
Output:
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/CopyOnWriteArrayList.html#removeIf-java.util.function.Predicate-CopyOnWriteArrayList: [GeeksforGeeks, GFG, Geeks, Gfg] java.lang.NullPointerException