Java List Remove removeAll(List list, List objects)

Description

Removes all objects from list.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
E	the element type of the list
list	the list
objects	a list of objects to be removed from list

Declaration

public static <E> void removeAll(List<E> list, List<? extends E> objects) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**/*from w  w  w. j ava  2 s.  c om*/
     * Removes all <code>objects</code> from <code>list</code>.
     * 
     * @param <E>
     *          the element type of the list
     * @param list
     *          the list
     * @param objects
     *          a list of objects to be removed from list
     */
    public static <E> void removeAll(List<E> list, List<? extends E> objects) {

        for (E object : objects) {
            remove(list, object);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Removes the given <code>object</code> from the given <code>list</code>,
     * comparing each element in the list with <code>equals</code>.
     * 
     * @param list
     *          a list
     * @param object
     *          an object to be removed from the list
     */
    public static <E> void remove(List<E> list, E object) {

        for (Iterator<E> it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            if (it.next().equals(object)) {
                it.remove();
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. remove(List list, T remove)
2. remove(List list, T value)
3. remove(Object o, List oldList)
4. removeAfter(List children, int index)
5. removeAll(List list, Object[] elements)
6. removeAll(List idxs, List values)
7. removeAll(List strings, String string)
8. removeAll(List list, List indexes)
9. removeAll(List toRemoveFrom, Collection elementsToRemove)