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+/*
+ *   StarOffice News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the speed of LinkedList and ArrayList.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class CollectionsSpeedTest 
+{
+
+  public static void main(String[] args)
+  {
+    List arrayList  = new ArrayList();
+    List linkedList = new LinkedList();
+    
+    int numElements = 100000;
+    
+    System.out.println("ArrayList.add(): " + add(arrayList, numElements) + "ms");
+    System.out.println("LinkenList.add(): " + add(linkedList, numElements) + "ms");
+    System.out.println("ArrayList.iterate: " + iterate(arrayList) + "ms");
+    System.out.println("LinkedList.iterate: " + iterate(linkedList) + "ms");
+  }
+  
+  private static long add(List list, int numElements)
+  {
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    
+    for(int n = 0; n < numElements; n++)
+    {
+      list.add(new Object());
+    }
+    
+    return System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
+  }
+  
+  private static long iterate(List list)
+  {
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    
+    ListIterator iter = list.listIterator();
+    while(iter.hasNext())
+    {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+    
+    return System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
+  }
+  
+}