if I comment line dayList.remove("Tuesday");,exception is thrown....
Actually this is not problem here. Problem is exception is occurring for middle value only.
‘for each’ loop works as follows,
1.It gets the iterator.
2.Checks for hasNext().
public boolean hasNext()
{
return cursor != size(); // cursor is zero initially.
}
3.If true, gets the next element using next().
public E next()
{
checkForComodification();
try {
E next = get(cursor);
lastRet = cursor++;
return next;
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
checkForComodification();
throw new NoSuchElementException();
}
}
final void checkForComodification()
{
// Initially modCount = expectedModCount (our case 5)
if (modCount != expectedModCount)
throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
}
Repeats steps 2 and 3 till hasNext() returns false.
In case if we remove an element from the list , it’s size gets reduced and modCount is increased.
If we remove an element while iterating, modCount != expectedModCount get satisfied and ConcurrentModificationException is thrown.
But removal of second last object is weird. Lets see how it works in your case.
Initially,
cursor = 0 size = 5 --> hasNext() succeeds and next() also succeeds without exception.
cursor = 1 size = 5 --> hasNext() succeeds and next() also succeeds without exception.
cursor = 2 size = 5 --> hasNext() succeeds and next() also succeeds without exception.
cursor = 3 size = 5 --> hasNext() succeeds and next() also succeeds without exception.
In your case as you remove ‘d’ , size gets reduced to 4.
cursor = 4 size = 4 --> hasNext() does not succeed and next() is skipped.
In other cases, ConcurrentModificationException will be thrown as modCount != expectedModCount.
In this case, this check does not take place.
If you try to print your element while iterating, only four entries will be printed. Last element is skipped.
Your question is similar to this question.