shows the modern, generic form of collection classes
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; class NewStyle { public static void main(String args[]) { ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); list.add("one"); list.add("two"); list.add("three"); list.add("four"); Iterator<String> itr = list.iterator(); while (itr.hasNext()) { String str = itr.next(); // no cast needed System.out.println(str + " is " + str.length() + " chars long."); } } }