{"id":10692,"date":"2024-03-14T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-iterate-through-all-elements-using-the-iterable-interface-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T02:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T02:41:22","slug":"how-do-you-iterate-through-all-elements-using-the-iterable-interface-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-iterate-through-all-elements-using-the-iterable-interface-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Iterable: How to Iterate Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, you can use the iterator() method of the Iterable interface to obtain an Iterator object, which can then be used to iterate through all elements. Below is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.ArrayList;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.Iterator;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Main<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        ArrayList&lt;String&gt; list = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ArrayList<\/span>&lt;&gt;();\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"apple\"<\/span>);\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"banana\"<\/span>);\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"orange\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\n        Iterable&lt;String&gt; iterable = list;\r\n\r\n        Iterator&lt;String&gt; iterator = iterable.iterator();\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> (iterator.hasNext()) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">element<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> iterator.next();\r\n            System.out.println(element);\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, we first created an ArrayList object and added some elements to it. 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