Java, searching within a list of objects?

Question

I\'m a bit lost on the way to make this happen the fastest. I have a large list of objects that have basic variable attributes (with getters / setters) and I need to do a se

Answer 1

If the objects are immutable (or you at least know their names won't change) you could create an index using a HashMap.

You would have to fill the Map and keep it updated.

Map map = new HashMap();

map.put(myObject.getName(), myObject);
... repeat for each object ...

Then you can use map.get("Some name"); to do lookup using your index.