How to initialize Array List With Some Predefined Values?

Question

I have the following program , which parses the JSON and forms an ArrayList as shown .

How can i initialze the mySymbols ArrayList here , so that it always consists of some predefined symbols every time

There are Four Predefined Symbols namely ("DYY" , "LIIO" , "AFD" , "XCF" ) , so that it will be always part of finalSymbolsList

I can achieve this manually by doing this step

List<String> finalSymbolsList = jw.getMySymbols();

 finalSymbolsList.add("DYY");
 finalSymbolsList.add("LIIO");
 finalSymbolsList.add("AFD");
 finalSymbolsList.add("XCF");

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import java.util.List;

import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;

import com.JsonDTO;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        try {
            String request = "{\r\n" + "    \"mySymbols\": [\r\n"
                    + "        \"TEST\",\"A\"\r\n" + "    ]\r\n" + "}";

            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
            JsonDTO jw = mapper.readValue(request, JsonDTO.class);
            List<String> finalSymbolsList = jw.getMySymbols();

            System.out.println(finalSymbolsList);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}

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package com;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class JsonDTO {

    private ArrayList<String> mySymbols = new ArrayList<String>();

    public ArrayList<String> getMySymbols() {
        return mySymbols;
    }

    public void setMySymbols(ArrayList<String> mySymbols) {
        this.mySymbols = mySymbols;
    }


}

PSR · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 10:26:44Z

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try this

new String[] {"One","Two","Three","Four"} 
or

List<String> places = Arrays.asList("One", "Two", "Three")

or write a constructor

public ClassName()
{
  list = new ArrayList<String>();
  list .add("ONE");
  list .add("TWO");
  list .add("THREE");
  list .add("FOUR");
}

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 10:26

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rajesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 10:29:27Z

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Also the double brace initialization:

List<String> finalSymbolsList = new ArrayList<String>() {{
    add("DYY");
    add("LIIO");
    add("AFD");
    add("XCF");
}}

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 10:29

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Suresh Atta · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 10:27:27Z

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List<String> places = Arrays.asList("DYY" , "LIIO" , "AFD" , "XCF")

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 10:27

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Philipp Sander · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 10:29:23Z

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just fill the list in the constructor

public JsonDTO() {
    mySymbols.addAll(finalSymbolsList);
}

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 10:29

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UmNyobe · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 10:29:54Z

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Another alternative will be

 List<String> finalSymbolsList = new ArrayList<String>();
 Collections.addAll(finalSymbolsList ,"DYY" , "LIIO" , "AFD" , "XCF" );

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 10:29

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