LinkedList is a kind of List used to store elements. Its an ordered collection i.e. elements added at a position in LinkedList will remain in that position till modified by user.
It internally uses a doubly linked list datastructure implementation i.e. each element is stored at separate node. Each node has a reference to previous and next node i.e
Advantage of LinkedList
Insertion and Deletion from the middle of LinkedList is very fast. Its just the matter of resetting 2 references.
Disadvantage of LinkedList:
LinkedList don’t provide effective random access of elements. It means if we want to access 5th element from LinkedList then we need to iterate through 1 to 5 elements to reach the 5th one. So, random access operations are very slow in LinkedList
Frequently Asked:
- How to iterate LinkedList in reverse or backward direction
- How to add elements in a LinkedList in Java
- Java LinkedList Tutorial
- How to add elements at a particular index in LinkedList
Now, lets see how to create a LinkedList object in Java,
List<String> listOfStr = new LinkedList<>();
In Java, LinkedList implements List Interface, therefore we can keep the LinkedList object in List reference.
Now Lets see how we can use LinkedList through various examples,