Using iterator to manipulate complicated objects in ArrayList?

Question

I successfully sort students by id using comparator and displayed using for loop, I hope to know how can I make it happen with iterator, well I tried but only address in console and have no idea of how to print info from Student class

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Student stu1 = new Student("Lucy",1000,99);
    Student stu2 = new Student("Jack",1001,22);
    Student stu3 = new Student("Peter",1002,53);

    ArrayList<Student> student = new ArrayList<Student>();
    student.add(stu1);
    student.add(stu2);
    student.add(stu3);

    Collections.sort(student,new StuCOmp("id"));
    for (int i=0; i<student.size(); i++) {
        Student stu = student.get(i);
        System.out.println(stu.getName() + " "+stu.getId()+ " "+stu.getGrade());    
    }

    Iterator<Student> it = student.iterator();
    while(it.hasNext()){

        //what do I write here
    }
}

Iterator doesn't have many methods. Have you checked uits javadoc? http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html — JB Nizet, Jul 08 '14 at 10:06
You basically do the same thing as you would do with a normal `for` loop. Assign `it.next()` to temp variable, do whatever, repeat. — awksp, Jul 08 '14 at 10:06
duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5228687/java-best-way-to-iterate-through-an-collection-here-arraylist — AJJ, Jul 08 '14 at 10:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:06

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You can iterate it like this in for loop -

       for (Iterator<Student> iterator = student.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
            Student stu = iterator.next();
            System.out.println(stu.getName() + " "+stu.getId()+ " "+stu.getGrade());
        }

answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:06

Ninad Pingale

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You shouldn't use a raw Iterator. Use an `Iterator` – JB Nizet Jul 08 '14 at 10:07
@Suresh:Thanks, once `Iterator` is used, no need to caste. – Ninad Pingale Jul 08 '14 at 10:09
@JavaLearner Yes. Now it seems ok. +1. – Suresh Atta Jul 08 '14 at 10:28

saurabh kumar · Answer 2 · 2014-07-08T10:13:05.470

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Iterator itr=student.iterator();  
  while(itr.hasNext()){  
    Student stu=(Student)itr.next();  
    System.out.println(stu.getName() + " "+stu.getId()+ " "+stu.getGrade());

edited Jul 08 '14 at 10:13

answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:07

saurabh kumar

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the sys out prints the object means as hash code of object student will be printed. No use of it. – AJJ Jul 08 '14 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:09

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Iterator<Student> it = student.iterator();
    while(it.hasNext()){
        // You should write here:   
        Student stu = it.next();
        System.out.println(stu.getName() + " "+stu.getId()+ " "+stu.getGrade());
     }

answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:09

dips

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:23

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You can avoid using an iterator and use an enhanced for loop.

for (Student st : student)
    System.out.println(st.getName() + " "+st.getId()+ " "+st.getGrade());

answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:23

Stelium

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Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera · Answer 5 · 2014-07-08T10:20:44.480

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You can do something like this

Iterator<Student> it = student.iterator();
while(it.hasNext()){
  Student student=it.next();// you can get the students one by one  
  // Now you can get the each student info
  //student.any attribute
}

This way is very similar to for-each but iterator is faster than that.

edited Jul 08 '14 at 10:20

answered Jul 08 '14 at 10:14

Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 12 '14 at 18:06

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Iterator itr=student.iterator();  
  while(itr.hasNext()){  
    Student stu=(Student)itr.next();  
    System.out.println("whatever you want to print");

answered Jul 12 '14 at 18:06

sdvadsa

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Using iterator to manipulate complicated objects in ArrayList?

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