Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<String> getListOfAdded(final Collection<String> oldList, final Collection<String> updatedList) { final List<String> addedEntriesList = new ArrayList<String>(); extractAddedEntries(oldList, updatedList, addedEntriesList); return addedEntriesList; } private final static void extractAddedEntries(final Collection<String> oldCollection, final Collection<String> updatedCollection, final Collection<String> addedEntriesCollection) { for (final String entry : updatedCollection) { if (!oldCollection.contains(entry)) { addedEntriesCollection.add(entry); } } } }