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what implementation of LIst does it actually use?
ArrayList, vector or LinkedList?
 
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None of the above. It's actually using a private nested class (Arrays.ArrayList) that's not part of the public API. One important property of this class is that it does not support add or remove operations.
 
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Howdy!

For the exam you should also know about the getClass() method from class Object.

Yours,
Bu.
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