{"id":5867,"date":"2024-03-14T03:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-retrieve-the-element-at-the-end-of-a-list-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:36:21","slug":"how-do-you-retrieve-the-element-at-the-end-of-a-list-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-retrieve-the-element-at-the-end-of-a-list-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Get Last Element in List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To access the elements at the end of the List, you can use the get() method of the List, combined with the size() method to get the last element. 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