why LinkedList doesn't have initialCapacity in java?

Question

I wonder why LinkedList doesn\'t have initialCapacity.

I know good when to use ArrayList and when LinkedList.

Answer 1

LinkedList by nature does not have "capacity", since it does not allocate memory to the items before the items are added to the list. Each item in a LinkedList holds a pointer to the next in the list.

There would be no point in allocating memory to the list beforehand, since LinkedList does not have capacity.