Java Program to Concatenate Two List

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Concatenating two lists means merging two lists into a single list.

Consider the given lists:

LIST 1

LIST 2

LIST AFTER CONCATENATION

There are several methods to perform concatenation operation:

Using addAll() method
Using stream
Using union()

Method 1: Using addAll() method

Syntax:

addAll ( list name )

This method takes name of list as argument and add all the elements of the specified list in the same order as the original list.

Create a new empty list ( concatenated_list)
Use addAll () method to concatenate the given list1 and list2 into the newly created list.

concatenated_list.addAll (list1) // concatenates first list

concatenated_list.addAll (list2) // concatenates second list

After performing the above steps our empty list now contains both the list.

Java

// Java Program to Concatenate Two List
// using addAll() method
  
import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
  
public class GFG {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // given list 1
        List<Integer> list1 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list1.add(1);
        list1.add(2);
        list1.add(3);
        list1.add(4);
        
        // given list 2
        List<Integer> list2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list2.add(5);
        list2.add(6);
        list2.add(7);
        list2.add(8);
  
        // creating new empty list
        List<Integer> concatenated_list
            = new ArrayList<Integer>();
  
        // using addAll( ) method to concatenate the lists
        concatenated_list.addAll(list1);
        concatenated_list.addAll(list2);
  
        System.out.println("list1: " + list1);
        System.out.println("list2: " + list2);
        System.out.println("Concatenated list: "
                           + concatenated_list);
    }
}

Output

list1: [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2: [5, 6, 7, 8]
Concatenated list: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Method 2: Using streams

Stream.concat(list1.stream(),list2.stream()).collect(Collectors.toList())

It takes two streams as argument and creates a concatenated stream out of them.Second list is appended to the first list.

Java

// Java Program to Concatenate Two List 
// using streams
  
import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
  
public class GFG {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // given list 1
        List<Integer> list1 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list1.add(1);
        list1.add(2);
        list1.add(3);
        list1.add(4);
        
        // given list 2
        List<Integer> list2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list2.add(5);
        list2.add(6);
        list2.add(7);
        list2.add(8);
  
        // creating new empty list
        List<Integer> concatenated_list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
  
        // using Stream.concat() method to concatenate the lists
        concatenated_list = Stream.concat(list1.stream(), list2.stream())
                  .collect(Collectors.toList());
  
        System.out.println("list1: " + list1);
        System.out.println("list2: " + list2);
        System.out.println("Concatenated list: "+ concatenated_list);
        
    }
}

Output

list1: [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2: [5, 6, 7, 8]
Concatenated list: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Method 3: Using union()

ListUtils.union( list1, list2)

It takes two list as argument and return new concatenated list. Second list is appended to the first list.

Java

// Java program to concatenate two lists
// using union()
  
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import org.apache.commons.collections.ListUtils;
  
public class GFG {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // given list 1
        List<Integer> list1 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list1.add(1);
        list1.add(2);
        list1.add(3);
        list1.add(4);
  
        // given list 2
        List<Integer> list2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list2.add(5);
        list2.add(6);
        list2.add(7);
        list2.add(8);
  
        // creating new empty list
        List<Integer> concatenated_list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
  
        // using ListUtils.union() method to concatenate
        // the lists
        concatenated_list = ListUtils.union(list1, list2);
  
        System.out.println("list1: " + list1);
        System.out.println("list2: " + list2);
        System.out.println("Concatenated list: "
                           + concatenated_list);
    }
}

Output:

Prerequisites for running the above code:

Download and Install the following Apache Commons Collections library http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections/download_collections.cgi
Now go to the properties of your project.
Select Java Build Path.
Under Java Build Path go to libraries.
Under libraries select Classpath.
Now go to add external JARs and add the JAR executable file, downloaded from the given link.