Collections removeAll method

Question

I would like to know if something like below is possible,

list.removeAll(namesToRemove)

I hope the context is understandable.

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Answer 1

Another approach: Subclass ArrayList and implement a custom method like:

public class MyArrayList extends ArrayList {

   // all needed constructors

   public void removeAllWithNames(Collection names) {
     // following code is based on aioobe's answer
     Iterator iter = iterator();
       while (iter.hasNext())
         if (names.contains(iter.next().toString()))
           iter.remove();
   }
}

EDIT changed the code - the comment was good, now the custom list is a 'List' again, but now we use the toString() method (for simplicity) for filtering. (using a getName() method is possible but requires more lines of code)