Java List compare for equality

Introduction

The ArrayList class inherits its equals() method from the AbstractList class:

An ArrayList is equal to another object if

the other object implements the List interface
Two List objects haves the same size()
Two List objects contains the same elements in the same positions.


import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] a) {

    List<String> list = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "CSS", "Binary", "C++", "Dart" });
    List<String> list2 = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "CSS", "Binary", "C++" });

    System.out.println(list.equals(list2));
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}

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