OnJava8-Examples/collectiontopics/FillingLists.java

// collectiontopics/FillingLists.java
// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.
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// Collections.fill() & Collections.nCopies()
import java.util.*;

class StringAddress {
  private String s;
  StringAddress(String s) { this.s = s; }
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return super.toString() + " " + s;
  }
}

public class FillingLists {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<StringAddress> list = new ArrayList<>(
      Collections.nCopies(4,
        new StringAddress("Hello")));
    System.out.println(list);
    Collections.fill(list,
      new StringAddress("World!"));
    System.out.println(list);
  }
}
/* Output:
[StringAddress@15db9742 Hello, StringAddress@15db9742
Hello, StringAddress@15db9742 Hello, StringAddress@15db9742
Hello]
[StringAddress@6d06d69c World!, StringAddress@6d06d69c
World!, StringAddress@6d06d69c World!,
StringAddress@6d06d69c World!]
*/