How to reverse the Collection (List)

Following example shows how to reverse the collection (List) using Collections.reverse(arg0); method in Java.

void java.util.Collections.reverse(List<?> list)
reverse
public static void reverse(List<?> list)
Reverses the order of the elements in the specified list.This method runs in linear time.
Parameters:
list - the list whose elements are to be reversed.
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - if the specified list or its list-iterator does not support the set operation.

Sample Program
ReverseCollection.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.collection;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class ReverseCollection {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String[] nameArray = new String[] { "Spring", "Struts", "Hibernate",
				"Webservice", "SOAP Webservice", "RESTful Webservice" };
		List<String> nameList = Arrays.asList(nameArray);

		System.out.println("*********** Before Reverse ************");
		for (String name : nameList) {
			System.out.println(name);
		}
		Collections.reverse(nameList);
		System.out.println("*********** After Reverse ************");

		for (String name : nameList) {
			System.out.println(name);
		}

	}

}

Result
The above code will produce the following output.

*********** Before Reverse ************
Spring
Struts
Hibernate
Webservice
SOAP Webservice
RESTful Webservice
*********** After Reverse ************
RESTful Webservice
SOAP Webservice
Webservice
Hibernate
Struts
Spring