LinkedList in Java

LinkedList in Java — a practical guide to Java LinkedList with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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`LinkedList` implements List and Deque. Prefer ArrayList unless you need linked-list behavior.

LinkedList as deque

import java.util.LinkedList;

LinkedList<String> q = new LinkedList<>();
q.addLast("a");
q.addLast("b");
System.out.println(q.removeFirst());