Question

For adding an item I use

public void add(Object s) {
    list.add(s);
}

For deleting an item I use

public void remove(Object s) {
    list.remove(s);
}

Now for searching the LinkedList when I use the dot operator and search the built in API I do not see anything that would suggest a search function. Would it be contains?

Answer 1

Since it seems you want to know where the item is placed in the list so you can access the actual instance found, you want to use indexOf to find it and get to return the found instance. There is no method that combines the two.

List list = ...
Object item = ...
int index = list.indexOf(item);
if (index > 0) {
    Object found = list.get(index);
    ...
}