Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of immutablelist

Timestamp:

10/17/19 16:09:56 (5 years ago)

Author:

wouter

Comment:

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immutablelist

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+= ImmutableList
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+ImmutableList is similar to the common java.util.List: it contains a list of elements.
+However, the big differences are 
+ * ImmutableList is immutable, so it can not be modified
+ * ImmutableList is generating elements on request only, and does not keep the elements.
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+As a simple comparison, suppose you need a list of all integers between 1000 and 2000. You could write a loop to fill 1000 elements of an ArrayList. Alternatively, you can create an ImmutableList instance where get(n) creates and returns the expected element on request.
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+This mechanism is especially useful when large lists are used, or when you already know that the user of the list will only pick a few items from the list, or even just wants to know the size of the list. 
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