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Java Collections - Collections.emptyListIterator() Examples

[Last Updated: Dec 11, 2025]

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Class:

java.util.Collections

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.util.Collectionsjava.util.CollectionsLogicBig

Method:

public static <T> ListIterator<T> emptyListIterator()

Returns a list iterator that has no elements.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.collections;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.ListIterator;

public class EmptyListIteratorExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        ListIterator<String> itr = Collections.emptyListIterator();
        System.out.println(itr.hasNext());
    }
}

Output

false
JDK 25




package com.logicbig.example.collections;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.ListIterator;

public class EmptyListIteratorExample2 {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        ListIterator<String> itr = Collections.emptyListIterator();
        itr.add("1");
        System.out.println(itr);
    }
}

Output

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    at java.util.Collections$EmptyListIterator.add (Collections.java:4691)
    at com.logicbig.example.collections.EmptyListIteratorExample2.main (EmptyListIteratorExample2.java:15)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke (DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:565)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.executeMainMethod (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:402)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo.executeMainMethod (ExecJavaMojo.java:142)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.doExecClassLoader (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:377)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.lambda$execute$0 (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:287)
    at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:1474)
JDK 25

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