swarm.collections
Interface List

All Known Implementing Classes:

ListImpl

public interface List

extends Collection, CollectionS, Serialization, SerializationS

Collection of members in an externally assigned linear sequence.. A list is a collection of members that are all maintained at some externally assigned position in a linear sequence of all members. The sequence is established by the position at which members are added: members can be added at the start of list, at the end, or at any point in the middle. A list is also one of the most dynamic of basic collections, in that the cost of adding and removing members is very low. Members can be removed from any position just as easily as they can be added. A list automatically grows and shrinks to reflect the number of members at any one time, and there is no fixed capacity which limits the size to which a list may grow. The List type is supports all messages of Collection. If created with default options, it provides no special speedup of accesses by integer offset.

Method Summary

void	addFirst(java.lang.Object anObject) The addFirst: message adds a new member to the front of the list.
void	addLast(java.lang.Object anObject) The addLast: message adds a new member to the end of the list.
ListIndex	listBegin(Zone aZone) Returns a ListIndex, the special index for the List type
java.lang.Object	removeFirst() Removes the first member from the list and returns it.
java.lang.Object	removeLast() Removes the last member from the list and returns it.

Methods inherited from interface swarm.collections.Collection

allSameClass, begin, beginPermuted, contains, copy, deleteAll, getCount, getReplaceOnly, remove, removeAll

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Serialization

hdf5OutDeep, hdf5OutShallow, lispOutDeep, lispOutShallow, lispOutVars$deep, lispSaveStream$Boolean$Value, lispSaveStream$Char$Value, lispSaveStream$Double$Value, lispSaveStream$Float$Value, lispSaveStream$Integer$Value, lispSaveStream$Long$Value, lispSaveStream$LongLong$Value, lispSaveStream$Short$Value, lispSaveStream$Unsigned$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedLong$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedLongLong$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedShort$Value, updateArchiver

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.SerializationS

hdf5In, lispIn

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Drop

drop

Methods inherited from interface swarm.collections.Offsets

atOffset, atOffset$put, getFirst, getLast

Methods inherited from interface swarm.collections.ForEach

describeForEach, describeForEachID, forEach, forEach, forEach, forEach

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject

compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.GetName

getName

Method Detail

addFirst

public void addFirst(java.lang.Object anObject)

The addFirst: message adds a new member to the front of the list.

addLast

public void addLast(java.lang.Object anObject)

The addLast: message adds a new member to the end of the list.

removeFirst

public java.lang.Object removeFirst()

Removes the first member from the list and returns it.

removeLast

public java.lang.Object removeLast()

Removes the last member from the list and returns it.

listBegin

public ListIndex listBegin(Zone aZone)

Returns a ListIndex, the special index for the List type