How to compare two ArrayList for equality in Java?

You can compare two array lists using the equals() method of the ArrayList class, this method accepts a list object as a parameter, compares it with the current object, in case of the match it returns true and if not it returns false.

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.ArrayList; public class ComparingList {    public static void main(String[] args) {       ArrayList<String> list1 = new ArrayList<String>();       list1.add("JavaFx");       list1.add("Java");       list1.add("WebGL");       list1.add("OpenCV");       ArrayList<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>();       list2.add("JavaFx");       list2.add("Java");       list2.add("WebGL");       list2.add("OpenCV");       System.out.println(list2);       System.out.println(list1.equals(list2));    } }