Java Collection remove element from another Collection
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] colors = { "MAGENTA", "RED", "WHITE", "BLUE", "CYAN" }; List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); for (String color : colors) list.add(color); // w w w. j a va 2 s .c om // add elements in removeColors array to removeList String[] removeColors = { "RED", "WHITE", "BLUE" }; List<String> removeList = new ArrayList<String>(); for (String color : removeColors) removeList.add(color); System.out.println(list); // remove from list the colors contained in removeList removeColors(list, removeList); System.out.println(list); } // remove colors specified in collection2 from collection1 public static void removeColors(Collection<String> collection1, Collection<String> collection2) { // get iterator Iterator<String> iterator = collection1.iterator(); // loop while collection has items while (iterator.hasNext()) { if (collection2.contains(iterator.next())) iterator.remove(); // remove current element } } }