max. length of List in Java

Question

What is the maximum length of List in java? I mean that how many maximum elements can store in list?

Answer 1

This depends on the specific list implementation. Most people think it's Integer.MAX_VALUE but it isn't limited to that. In fact the documentation of the size() method merely states:

If this list contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.

So it might as well contain more elements.