LinkedList or List ?

You don't use LinkedList or List. List is an interface that is not instantiable, LinkedList is a concrete implementation of that interface. You use a List, regardless of implementation, when you need the functionality of a [url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/List.html]List[/url].

As to whether or not using a LinkedList or ArrayList or some other implementation is most appropriate for your requirements, see the Collections information that was linked to earlier.

Also note that in general a good programming practice is to define by an interface. Thus it will not be uncommon, and is almost always preferable, to see type defined as a List rather than a specific implementation of List.

kablaira at 2007-7-16 1:58:02 >