Java - Insert a new node at the end of the Circular Doubly Linked List
In this method, a new node is inserted at the end of the circular doubly linked list. For example - if the given List is 10->20->30 and a new element 100 is added at the end, the List becomes 10->20->30->100.
Inserting a new node at the end of the circular doubly linked list is very easy. First, a new node with given element is created. It is then added at the end of the list by linking the last node and head node to the new node.
The function push_back is created for this purpose. It is a 6-step process.
void push_back(int newElement) { //1. allocate node Node newNode = new Node(); //2. assign data element newNode.data = newElement; //3. assign null to the next and prev // of the new node newNode.next = null; newNode.next = null; //4. Check the list is empty or not, // if empty make the new node as head if(head == null) { head = newNode; newNode.next = head; newNode.prev = head; } else { //5. Else, traverse to the last node Node temp = new Node(); temp = head; while(temp.next != head) temp = temp.next; //6. Adjust the links temp.next = newNode; newNode.next = head; newNode.prev = temp; head.prev = newNode; } }
The below is a complete program that uses above discussed concept to insert new node at the end of the circular doubly linked list.
//node structure class Node { int data; Node next; Node prev; }; class LinkedList { Node head; LinkedList(){ head = null; } //Add new element at the end of the list void push_back(int newElement) { Node newNode = new Node(); newNode.data = newElement; newNode.next = null; newNode.next = null; if(head == null) { head = newNode; newNode.next = head; newNode.prev = head; } else { Node temp = new Node(); temp = head; while(temp.next != head) temp = temp.next; temp.next = newNode; newNode.next = head; newNode.prev = temp; head.prev = newNode; } } //display the content of the list void PrintList() { Node temp = new Node(); temp = this.head; if(temp != null) { System.out.print("The list contains: "); while(true) { System.out.print(temp.data + " "); temp = temp.next; if(temp == this.head) break; } System.out.println(); } else { System.out.println("The list is empty."); } } }; // test the code public class Implementation { public static void main(String[] args) { LinkedList MyList = new LinkedList(); //Add three elements at the end of the list. MyList.push_back(10); MyList.push_back(20); MyList.push_back(30); MyList.PrintList(); } }
The above code will give the following output:
The list contains: 10 20 30