How to remove specific object from ArrayList in Java?

Issue

How can I remove specific object from ArrayList? Suppose I have a class as below:

import java.util.ArrayList;    
public class ArrayTest {
    int i;

    public static void main(String args[]){
        ArrayList<ArrayTest> test=new ArrayList<ArrayTest>();
        ArrayTest obj;
        obj=new ArrayTest(1);
        test.add(obj);
        obj=new ArrayTest(2);
        test.add(obj);
        obj=new ArrayTest(3);
        test.add(obj);
    }
    public ArrayTest(int i){
        this.i=i;
    }
}

How can I remove object with new ArrayTest(1) from my ArrayList<ArrayList>

Solution

ArrayList removes objects based on the equals(Object obj) method. So you should implement properly this method. Something like:

public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (obj == null) return false;
    if (obj == this) return true;
    if (!(obj instanceof ArrayTest)) return false;
    ArrayTest o = (ArrayTest) obj;
    return o.i == this.i;
}

Or

public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (obj instanceof ArrayTest) {
        ArrayTest o = (ArrayTest) obj;
        return o.i == this.i;
    }
    return false;
}

Answered By - Valchev