How to initialize an ArrayList

Method 1: Initialization using Arrays.asList

Syntax:

ArrayList<Type> obj = new ArrayList<Type>(
        Arrays.asList(Object o1, Object o2, Object o3, ....so on));

Example:

import java.util.*;
public class InitializationExample1 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
	   ArrayList<String> obj = new ArrayList<String>(
		Arrays.asList("Pratap", "Peter", "Harsh"));
	  System.out.println("Elements are:"+obj);
   }
}

Output:

Elements are:[Pratap, Peter, Harsh]

Method 2: Anonymous inner class method to initialize ArrayList

Syntax:

ArrayList<T> obj = new ArrayList<T>(){{
		   add(Object o1);
		   add(Object o2);
		   add(Object o3);
                   ...
                   ...
		   }};

Example:

import java.util.*;
public class InitializationExample2 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
	   ArrayList<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>(){{
		   add("Delhi");
		   add("Agra");
		   add("Chennai");
		   }};
	  System.out.println("Content of Array list cities:"+cities);
   }
}

Output:

Content of Array list cities:[Delhi, Agra, Chennai]

Method3: Normal way of ArrayList initialization

Syntax:

ArrayList<T> obj = new ArrayList<T>();
	   obj.add("Object o1");
	   obj.add("Object o2");
	   obj.add("Object o3");
                        ...
                        ...

Example:

import java.util.*;

public class Details {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
	   ArrayList<String> books = new ArrayList<String>();
	   books.add("Java Book1");
	   books.add("Java Book2");
	   books.add("Java Book3");
	  System.out.println("Books stored in array list are: "+books);
   }
}

Output:

Books stored in array list are: [Java Book1, Java Book2, Java Book3]

Method 4: Use Collections.ncopies

Collections.ncopies method can be used when we need to initialize the ArrayList with the same value for all of its elements. Syntax: count is number of elements and element is the item value

ArrayList<T> obj = new ArrayList<T>(Collections.nCopies(count, element));

Example:

import java.util.*;

public class Details {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
	   ArrayList<Integer> intlist = new ArrayList<Integer>(Collections.nCopies(10, 5));
	  System.out.println("ArrayList items: "+intlist);
   }
}

Output:

ArrayList items: [5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5]

原文连接：https://beginnersbook.com/2013/12/how-to-initialize-an-arraylist/