Add or insert elements/nodes to linkedlist in java (example)

What is LinkedList Collection in Java?

  • Linked list collection is a doubly-linked list.
  • LinkedList extends AbstractSequentialList class & implements List, Deque,  Cloneable, Serializable interfaces.
  • Insertion order is maintained in a linked list.
  • LinkedList class is not thread safe.
    • In multi threaded environment, it should be synchronized externally.
  • The iterators returned by LinkedList class’s iterator and listIterator methods are fail-fast.
  • LinkedList class can contain duplicate elements.

2. Class hierarchy of LinkedList:

linkedlist collection class hierarchy java
Fig 1: Class hierarchy of LinkedList class

3. Add or insert methods of LinkedList in java (with example):

No.Method Name Description
1boolean add(E e) Appends the specified element to the end of this list.
2void add(int index, E element) Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list.
3boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c) Appends all of the elements in the specified collection to the end of this list, in the order that they are returned by the specified collection's iterator.
4boolean addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> c) Inserts all of the elements in the specified collection into this list, starting at the specified position.
5void addFirst(E e) Inserts the specified element at the beginning of this list.
6void addLast(E e) Appends the specified element to the end of this list.

4. Program – Add or insert nodes to linkedlist in java (example)

package org.learn.collection.list.linkedlist;

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class DemoAddToLinkedList {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		LinkedList<String> linkedList = new LinkedList<>();
		linkedList.add("canoe");
		System.out.println("Demo of add methods of LinkedList class: ");
		demoAddMethod(linkedList);
	}

	private static void demoAddMethod(LinkedList<String> linkedList) {
		// [canoe]
		System.out.println("1. Orignal LinkedList:" + linkedList);
		linkedList.add(0, "archery");
		linkedList.add(2, "canoe");
		// [archery, canoe, canoe]
		System.out.println("2. Added element at 0 and 2 index: " + linkedList);

		linkedList.add("diving");
		// [archery, canoe, canoe, diving]
		System.out.println("3. Added element in list: " + linkedList);

		LinkedList<String> addElementsList = new LinkedList<>();
		addElementsList.add("squash");
		addElementsList.add("bowling");

		// It will add elements to last of list
		linkedList.addAll(addElementsList);
		// [archery, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
		System.out.println("4. Added another list : " + linkedList);

		LinkedList<String> anotherList = new LinkedList<>();
		anotherList.add("golf");
		anotherList.add("judo");

		// It will add elements from index 1
		linkedList.addAll(1, anotherList);
		// [archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
		System.out.println("5. Added another list at index 1 : " + linkedList);

		// It will add element before head i.e. first element of list of list
		linkedList.addFirst("squash");
		//  [squash, archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
		System.out.println("6. Added element before head : " + linkedList);

		// It will add elements to last of list
		linkedList.addLast("judo");
		// [squash, archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling, judo]
		System.out.println("7. Added element to after tail node : " + linkedList);
	}
}

5. Output – Add or insert elements/ nodes to linkedlist in java

Demo of add methods of LinkedList class: 
1. Orignal LinkedList:[canoe]
2. Added element at 0 and 2 index: [archery, canoe, canoe]
3. Added element in list: [archery, canoe, canoe, diving]
4. Added another list : [archery, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
5. Added another list at index 1 : [archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
6. Added element before head : [squash, archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling]
7. Added element to after tail node : [squash, archery, golf, judo, canoe, canoe, diving, squash, bowling, judo]

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