Following example shows how to make a collection read-only by using Collections.unmodifiableList() method of Collection class.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv)
throws Exception {
List stuff = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "a", "b" });
List list = new ArrayList(stuff);
list = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
try {
list.set(0, "new value");
}
catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
}
Set set = new HashSet(stuff);
set = Collections.unmodifiableSet(set);
Map map = new HashMap();
map = Collections.unmodifiableMap(map);
System.out.println("Collection is read-only now.");
}
}
Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result.