Question

I need to compare two different Arraylists of different sizes.

I can do this with two loops – but I need to use iterators.

The second loop only iterates once instead of n times.

while (it.hasNext()) {
    String ID = (String) Order.get(i).ID();
    j = 0;              
    while (o.hasNext()) {   
        String Order = (String) Order.get(j).ID();
        if (myOrder.equals(Order)) {
            //do sth
        }
        j++;
        o.next();
    }
    i++;
    it.next();
}

Answer 1

You can use iterators in a much simpler way than you do:

Iterator<YourThing> firstIt = firstList.iterator();
while (firstIt.hasNext()) {
  String str1 = (String) firstIt.next().ID();
  // recreate iterator for second list
  Iterator<YourThing> secondIt = secondList.iterator();
  while (secondIt.hasNext()) {
    String str2 = (String) secondIt.next().ID();
    if (str1.equals(str2)) {
      //do sth
    }
  }
}