//: c09:Unsupported.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Sometimes methods defined in the // Collection interfaces don't work! import java.util.*; public class Unsupported { private static String[] s = { "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", }; static List a = Arrays.asList(s); static List a2 = a.subList(3, 6); public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(a); System.out.println(a2); System.out.println( "a.contains(" + s[0] + ") = " + a.contains(s[0])); System.out.println( "a.containsAll(a2) = " + a.containsAll(a2)); System.out.println("a.isEmpty() = " + a.isEmpty()); System.out.println( "a.indexOf(" + s[5] + ") = " + a.indexOf(s[5])); // Traverse backwards: ListIterator lit = a.listIterator(a.size()); while(lit.hasPrevious()) System.out.print(lit.previous() + " "); System.out.println(); // Set the elements to different values: for(int i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) a.set(i, "47"); System.out.println(a); // Compiles, but won't run: lit.add("X"); // Unsupported operation a.clear(); // Unsupported a.add("eleven"); // Unsupported a.addAll(a2); // Unsupported a.retainAll(a2); // Unsupported a.remove(s[0]); // Unsupported a.removeAll(a2); // Unsupported } } ///:~