ArrayList vs. LinkedList - JEP Café #20

How you can choose between ArrayList and LinkedList for your application: full tutorial.

The Collections Framework offers two implementation for the List interface: ArrayList and LinkedList. How can you choose the best one for your application? This JEP Café shows you how you can bench each implementation, and the amount of memory they consume.

Show Notes

Further reading and viewing:

• JMH on GitHub, with doc and samples

• Alexey Shipilev's blog

• Alexey Shipilev on JMH

• Java Object Layout on GitHub, with doc and samples

• Don Raab on Java Object Layout

JDK releases:

• JDK 21

Additional Resources

• dev.java: the destination for Java developers

• OpenJDK: the place to collaborate on the Java Platform and related projects

• Oracle Java: the #1 programming language and development platform

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