How to get a reversed list view on a list in Java?

Question

I want to have a reversed list view on a list (in a similar way than List#sublist provides a sublist view on a list). Is there some function which provides this

Answer 1

Use the .clone() method on your List. It will return a shallow copy, meaning that it will contain pointers to the same objects, so you won't have to copy the list. Then just use Collections.

Ergo,

Collections.reverse(list.clone());

If you are using a List and don't have access to clone() you can use subList():

List shallowCopy = list.subList(0, list.size());
Collections.reverse(shallowCopy);