Java – LinkedList peek(), peekFirst() and peekLast() methods

Description

public E peek(): Retrieves, but does not remove, the head (first element) of this list.

public E peekFirst(): Retrieves, but does not remove, the first element of this list, or returns null if this list is empty.

public E peekLast(): Retrieves, but does not remove, the last element of this list, or returns null if this list is empty.

Example

import java.util.LinkedList;
class LinkedListPeekDemo{

  public static void main(String[] args) {

     // Create a LinkedList of Strings
     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();

     // Add few Elements
     list.add("Element1");
     list.add("Element2");
     list.add("Element3");
     list.add("Element4");

     // Display LinkList elements
     System.out.println("LinkedList before: "+list);

     //peek()
     System.out.println(list.peek());
 
     //peekFirst()
     System.out.println(list.peekFirst());
 
     //peekLast()
     System.out.println(list.peekLast());

     // Should be same as peek methods does not remove
     System.out.println("LinkedList after: "+list);
  }
}

Output:

LinkedList before: [Element1, Element2, Element3, Element4]
Element1
Element1
Element4
LinkedList after: [Element1, Element2, Element3, Element4]