arraylist - Java lists strange size malfunction -

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• initial size arraylist 11 answers

i initialize list, this:

public list<edge> edges = new arraylist<edge>(8); 

after that, size, following code gives zero.

system.out.println("size: " + edges.size()); 

there isn't value change or method call beetwen 2 lines. can causes this?

the parameter constructor capacity.

the capacity number of elements underlying array can hold before needs resizing.