jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/RandomAccess.java
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package java.util;
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/**
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 * Marker interface used by <tt>List</tt> implementations to indicate that
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 * they support fast (generally constant time) random access.  The primary
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 * purpose of this interface is to allow generic algorithms to alter their
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 * behavior to provide good performance when applied to either random or
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 * sequential access lists.
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 *
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 * <p>The best algorithms for manipulating random access lists (such as
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 * <tt>ArrayList</tt>) can produce quadratic behavior when applied to
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 * sequential access lists (such as <tt>LinkedList</tt>).  Generic list
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 * algorithms are encouraged to check whether the given list is an
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 * <tt>instanceof</tt> this interface before applying an algorithm that would
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 * provide poor performance if it were applied to a sequential access list,
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 * and to alter their behavior if necessary to guarantee acceptable
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 * performance.
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 *
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 * <p>It is recognized that the distinction between random and sequential
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 * access is often fuzzy.  For example, some <tt>List</tt> implementations
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 * provide asymptotically linear access times if they get huge, but constant
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 * access times in practice.  Such a <tt>List</tt> implementation
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 * should generally implement this interface.  As a rule of thumb, a
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 * <tt>List</tt> implementation should implement this interface if,
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 * for typical instances of the class, this loop:
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 * <pre>
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 *     for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i &lt; n; i++)
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 *         list.get(i);
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 * </pre>
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 * runs faster than this loop:
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 * <pre>
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 *     for (Iterator i=list.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
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 *         i.next();
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 * </pre>
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 *
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 * <p>This interface is a member of the
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 * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/collections/index.html">
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 * Java Collections Framework</a>.
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 *
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 * @since 1.4
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public interface RandomAccess {
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}