Java ArrayList trimToSize() Method example

trimToSize() method is used for memory optimization. It trims the capacity of ArrayList to the current list size. For e.g. An arraylist is having capacity of 15 but there are only 5 elements in it, calling trimToSize() method on this ArrayList would change the capacity from 15 to 5.

public void trimToSize()

Example

Here I have defined the ArrayList of capacity 50. After adding 10 elements I called trimToSize() method which would have reduced the capacity from 50 to 10 (current size of arraylist).

package beginnersbook.com;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class TrimExample {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    ArrayList<Integer> arraylist = new ArrayList<Integer>(50);
    arraylist.add(1);
    arraylist.add(2);
    arraylist.add(3);
    arraylist.add(4);
    arraylist.add(5);
    arraylist.add(6);
    arraylist.add(7);
    arraylist.add(1);
    arraylist.add(1);
    arraylist.add(1);
    arraylist.trimToSize();
    System.out.println(arraylist);
  }
}

Output:

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 1, 1]