We can swap two elements of Array List using Collections.swap() method. This method accepts three arguments. The first argument is the ArrayList and the other two arguments are the indices of the elements. This method returns nothing.
Syntax:
public static void swap(List list, int a, int b);
Parameters
- list: An ArrayList or any List implementing class in which elements are swapped
- a: index of the first element
- b: index of the second element
Exception: It throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index of Array List is less than 0 or greater than the size of the ArrayList.
Example 1
Java
// Java program to swap two elements in an ArrayList import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String a[])
{
// Create the Array List
ArrayList<String> ArrList = new ArrayList<String>();
// add the values in Array List
ArrList.add( "Item 1" );
ArrList.add( "Item 2" );
ArrList.add( "Item 3" );
ArrList.add( "Item 4" );
ArrList.add( "Item 5" );
// display Array List before swap
System.out.println( "Before Swap the ArrayList " );
System.out.println(ArrList);
// Swapping the elements at 1 and 2 indices
Collections.swap(ArrList, 1 , 2 );
// display Array List after swap
System.out.println( "After Swap the ArrayList" );
System.out.println(ArrList);
}
} |
Output
Before Swap the ArrayList [Item 1, Item 2, Item 3, Item 4, Item 5] After Swap the ArrayList [Item 1, Item 3, Item 2, Item 4, Item 5]
Example 2
Java
// Java program to swap two elements in an ArrayList import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String a[]) throws Exception
{
// Create the Array List
ArrayList<String> ArrList = new ArrayList<String>();
// add the values in Array List
ArrList.add( "Item 1" );
ArrList.add( "Item 2" );
ArrList.add( "Item 3" );
ArrList.add( "Item 4" );
ArrList.add( "Item 5" );
// display Array List before swap
System.out.println( "Before Swap the ArrayList " );
System.out.println(ArrList);
// Swapping the elements at -1 and 2 indices
// Throws IndexOutOfBounds Exception
Collections.swap(ArrList, - 1 , 2 );
}
} |
Output
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index -1 out of bounds for length 5 at java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.outOfBounds(Preconditions.java:64) at java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.outOfBoundsCheckIndex(Preconditions.java:70) at java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.checkIndex(Preconditions.java:248) at java.base/java.util.Objects.checkIndex(Objects.java:372) at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:458) at java.base/java.util.Collections.swap(Collections.java:501) at GFG.main(GFG.java:27)