How can I print a list (employee type) using Iterator?

Question

Employee class:

public class Employee {

    int empid;
    String name;
    int age;

    public Employee(int empid,String name,int age)
    {
        this.empid=empid;
        this.name=name;
        this.age=age;
    }
    public int getEmpid() {
        return empid;
    }
    public void setEmpid(int empid) {
        this.empid = empid;
    }
    public String getname() {
        return name;
    }
    public void setname(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }
    public void setAge(int age) {
        this.age = age;
    } 
}

Comparator class:

public class Employee_comparator implements Comparator<Employee> {

    @Override
    public int compare(Employee object1, Employee object2) {
        return object1.getname().compareTo(object2.getname());
    }
}

Main class:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

public class Employee_Main {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        List<Employee> list=new ArrayList<Employee>();

        list.add(new Employee(33186,"varun",23));
        list.add(new Employee(33187,"deepak",23));
        list.add(new Employee(33188,"apple",23));
        list.add(new Employee(33189,"rohan",23));

        Collections.sort(list,new Employee_comparator());

        for(int i=0;i<list.size();i++) {

            System.out.print("age:"+list.get(i).getAge());
            System.out.print("empid:"+list.get(i).getEmpid());
            System.out.println("name:"+list.get(i).getname());
        }

        Iterator<Employee> itr=list.iterator();

        while(itr.hasNext())
        {
            System.out.println(itr.next());
        }
    }
}

When I try printing by using get methods, it is working fine. But when, I try to print the elements of the list using Iterator, it's giving the following output:

new_.Employee@28122812new_.Employee@280d280dnew_.Employee@28172817new_.Employee@28082808

Answer 1

You can do the same in Java 8 using below code

Iterator<Employee> employees = list.iterator(); employees.forEachRemaining(System.out::println);

or simply,

list.iterator.forEachRemaining(System.out::println);