*
This method eliminates the need for explicit range operations (of * the sort that commonly exist for arrays). Any operation that expects * a list can be used as a range operation by passing a subList view * instead of a whole list. For example, the following idiom * removes a range of elements from a list: *
* list.subList(from, to).clear();
*
* Similar idioms may be constructed for {@link #indexOf(Object)} and
* {@link #lastIndexOf(Object)}, and all of the algorithms in the
* {@link Collections} class can be applied to a subList.
* *
The semantics of the list returned by this method become undefined if
* the backing list (i.e., this list) is structurally modified in
* any way other than via the returned list. (Structural modifications are
* those that change the size of this list, or otherwise perturb it in such
* a fashion that iterations in progress may yield incorrect results.)
*
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException {@inheritDoc}
*/
public List
*
The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
* {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}, and {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.
* Overriding implementations should document the reporting of additional
* characteristic values.
*
* @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this list
* @since 1.8
*/
@Override
public Spliterator