'for' statement for Iterable object in JDK 5 has been enhanced. : Iterable Interface « Collections « Java Tutorial






It can iterate over a Collection without the need to call the iterator method. The syntax is

for (Type identifier : expression) {
         statement (s)
     }

In which expression must be an Iterable.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List list = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D");

    for (Object object : list) {
      System.out.println(object);
    }

  }
}
A
B
C
D








9.36.Iterable Interface
9.36.1.Using an Iterator
9.36.2.Iterable interface: while loop and for loop
9.36.3.'for' statement for Iterable object in JDK 5 has been enhanced.
9.36.4.Creating Iterable Objects: using a for-each for loop on an Iterable object