Re: Proposal: Add getRandom() default method to java.util.List

[Alan Bateman]

On 23/08/2025 20:36, Daniel Tavares wrote:
:
*Proposed Method*

default T getRandom() {
    if (isEmpty()) return null;
    int index = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(size());
    return get(index);
}

Add Lists that are mutable and support concurrent access to your list to 
think about. These implementations would need to be updated to implement 
this method, otherwise you risk getting IOOBE with the default method.

-Alan