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Setting up a Collection

Soon, you will learn more about Collection and Map data structures. However, first, explore the required import, construction, and parameterization of one of the Collection types, specifically an ArrayList.

This exercise is part of the course

Data Types and Exceptions in Java

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Exercise instructions

  • Import all the types from the Java Collections Framework package.
  • Create a variable called list that will hold an ArrayList of strings, using generics to specify String on ArrayList.
  • Set list to a new instance of ArrayList using the parameterized constructor ArrayList<String>.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

// Import all types from Collections Framework package
import ____.____.____;

public class HelloWorld {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Create a variable for a group of Strings
		____<____> list;
        // Set the variable to new ArrayList
        list = ____ ____<____>();
		list.add("hello");
		System.out.println(list);
	}
}
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