Java.util.LinkedList.get(), getFirst(), getLast() in Java

Last Updated : 10 Jun, 2020

The conventional method allowing to get the element at particular index is get(). Though in LinkedList its never possible to achieve this without complete traversal, but this method allows the same. Three variants present, all of which are discussed in this article with Exceptions as well.
1. get(int index) : This method returns the element at the specified position in this list.

Declaration : 
    public E get(int index)
Parameters : 
    index :  index of the element to return
Return Value : 
   This method returns the element at the specified position in this list
Exception
     IndexOutOfBoundsException : if the index is out of range

// Java code to demonstrate the working 
// of get(int index) in linked list 
import java.util.*; 
public class LinkedListget1 { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // declaring a LinkedList 
        LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); 
  
        // adding elements using add() 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("4"); 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("8"); 
  
        // printing the whole list 
        System.out.println("The elements in List are : " + list); 
  
        // using get() to print element at index 3 
        // prints 8 
        System.out.println("Element at index 3 is : " + list.get(3)); 
    } 
} 

Output :

The elements in List are : [Geeks, 4, Geeks, 8]
Element at index 3 is : 8

2. getFirst() : This method returns the first element in this list.

Declaration : 
    public E getFirst()
Return Value : 
    This method returns the first element in this list
Exceptions : 
     NoSuchElementException : if this list is empty

// Java code to demonstrate the working 
// of getFirst() in linked list 
import java.util.*; 
public class LinkedListget2 { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // declaring a LinkedList 
        LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); 
  
        // adding elements using add() 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("4"); 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("8"); 
  
        // printing the whole list 
        System.out.println("The elements in List are : " + list); 
  
        // using get() to print element at first index 
        // prints "Geeks" 
        System.out.println("Element at 1st index is : " + list.getFirst()); 
    } 
} 

Output :

The elements in List are : [Geeks, 4, Geeks, 8]
Element at 1st index is : Geeks

3. getLast() : This method returns the last element in this list.

Declaration : 
    public E getLast()
Return Value : 
   This method returns the last element in this list
Exceptions : 
   NoSuchElementException : if this list is empty

// Java code to demonstrate the working 
// of getLast() in linked list 
import java.util.*; 
public class LinkedListget3 { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // declaring a LinkedList 
        LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); 
  
        // adding elements using add() 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("4"); 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("8"); 
  
        // printing the whole list 
        System.out.println("The elements in List are : " + list); 
  
        // using get() to print element at last index 
        // prints "8" 
        System.out.println("Element at last index is : " + list.getLast()); 
    } 
} 

Output:

The elements in List are : [Geeks, 4, Geeks, 8]
Element at last index is : 8

Exceptions

1. IndexOutOfBoundException

// Java code to demonstrate the Exceptions 
// of get() 
import java.util.*; 
public class LinkedListExcep1 { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // declaring a LinkedList 
        LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); 
  
        // adding elements using add() 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("4"); 
        list.add("Geeks"); 
        list.add("8"); 
  
        // Trying to get element at index 7 
        // throws exception 
        System.out.println("The element at index 7 is : " + list.get(7)); 
    } 
} 

Output :

No Output

Runtime Error :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 7, Size: 4
    at java.util.LinkedList.checkElementIndex(LinkedList.java:555)
    at java.util.LinkedList.get(LinkedList.java:476)
    at LinkedListExcep1.main(LinkedListExcep1.java:22)

2. NoSuchElementException

// Java code to demonstrate the Exceptions 
// of getFirst() 
import java.util.*; 
public class LinkedListExcep2 { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // declaring a LinkedList 
        LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(); 
  
        // Trying to get first element at index 7 
        // throws exception 
        System.out.println("The first element of list is : " + list.getFirst()); 
    } 
} 

Output :

No Output

Runtime Error :

Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.util.LinkedList.getFirst(LinkedList.java:244)
    at LinkedListExcep2.main(LinkedListExcep2.java:15)

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