Tino APCS

ArrayList

Lesson Overview: It is very common for a program to manipulate data that is kept in a list. Lists are a fundamental feature of Java and most programming languages. Because lists are so useful, the Java Development Kit includes the ArrayList class. The ArrayList class provides the classic operations for a list.

Lesson Vocab
ABSTRACT DATA TYPE

A data structure emphasizing properties, functionality, and use rather than implementation.

ArrayList

A data structure that can hold varying numbers of objects that can be referenced by an index.

CAST

Converting one data type to another.

for each LOOP

A shorthand way to visit every element of a collection in order.

LIST

A data structure that holds multiple pieces of information.

WRAPPER

Classes used to represent primitive data types as objects.