What is the ArrayList.addall() method in Java?

The ArrayList.addall() method in Java is used to add all the elements in a collection into a list.

Syntax

The ArrayList.addall() method can be declared as shown in the code snippet below:

public boolean addAll(int index, Collection c)
  • index: The index in the list where the first element from the collection is added.
  • c: The collection from which the elements will be added to the list.

Note: index is an optional parameter. If index is not provided to the ArrayList.addall() method, the collection c elements are added at the end of the list.

Return value

The ArrayList.addall() method returns true if the elements from the collection c are succesfully added to the list.

Note:

  • If index is out of bound, the ArrayList.addall() method throws the IndexOutOfBoundsException.
  • If the collection c is null, the ArrayList.addall() method throws NullPointerException.

Example

Consider the code snippet below, which demonstrates the use of the ArrayList.addall() method.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
  
public class Example1 {
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
      ArrayList<String> list1 = new ArrayList<>(5);  
      list1.add("Hello");  
      list1.add("world");  
      list1.add("!");  
      System.out.println("list1:" + list1);    
      ArrayList<String> list2 = new ArrayList<>(5);  
      list2.add("This");  
      list2.add("is");  
      list2.add("addAll()");  
      list2.add("example");  
      System.out.println("list2:" + list2);
      list1.addAll(list2);   
      System.out.println("list1:" + list1);
    }
}

Explanation

Two lists, list1 and list2, are declared in line 7 and line 12 respectively. The ArrayList.addall() method is used in line 19 to add the elements in list2 to list1. As the parameter index is not passed to the ArrayList.addall() method, the elements are added at the end of list1.

New on Educative
Learn to Code
Learn any Language as a beginner
Develop a human edge in an AI powered world and learn to code with AI from our beginner friendly catalog
🏆 Leaderboard
Daily Coding Challenge
Solve a new coding challenge every day and climb the leaderboard

Free Resources

License: Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0)