ArrayList 的源码分析 之 remove（int index）

/**
 * Removes the element at the specified position in this list.
 * Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their
 * indices).
 *
 * @param index the index of the element to be removed
 * @return the element that was removed from the list
 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}
 */
public E remove(int index) {
    rangeCheck(index); //第一处

    modCount++;//第二处
    E oldValue = elementData(index);

    int numMoved = size - index - 1;
    if (numMoved > 0)//第三处
        System.arraycopy(elementData, index+1, elementData, index,
                         numMoved);
    elementData[--size] = null; // clear to let GC do its work

    return oldValue;
}

分析：

第一处：rangeCheck（index）

/**
 * Checks if the given index is in range.  If not, throws an appropriate
 * runtime exception.  This method does *not* check if the index is
 * negative: It is always used immediately prior to an array access,
 * which throws an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative.
 */
private void rangeCheck(int index) {
    if (index >= size)
        throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(outOfBoundsMsg(index));
}

此方法的作用是把要删除的index 的值与当前集合的大小作比较，如果大于等于当前集合大小直接，抛出下标越界的异常

第二处：

/**
 * The number of times this list has been <i>structurally modified</i>.
 * Structural modifications are those that change the size of the
 * list, or otherwise perturb it in such a fashion that iterations in
 * progress may yield incorrect results.
 *
 * <p>This field is used by the iterator and list iterator implementation
 * returned by the {@code iterator} and {@code listIterator} methods.
 * If the value of this field changes unexpectedly, the iterator (or list
 * iterator) will throw a {@code ConcurrentModificationException} in
 * response to the {@code next}, {@code remove}, {@code previous},
 * {@code set} or {@code add} operations.  This provides
 * <i>fail-fast</i> behavior, rather than non-deterministic behavior in
 * the face of concurrent modification during iteration.
 *
 * <p><b>Use of this field by subclasses is optional.</b> If a subclass
 * wishes to provide fail-fast iterators (and list iterators), then it
 * merely has to increment this field in its {@code add(int, E)} and
 * {@code remove(int)} methods (and any other methods that it overrides
 * that result in structural modifications to the list).  A single call to
 * {@code add(int, E)} or {@code remove(int)} must add no more than
 * one to this field, or the iterators (and list iterators) will throw
 * bogus {@code ConcurrentModificationExceptions}.  If an implementation
 * does not wish to provide fail-fast iterators, this field may be
 * ignored.
 */
protected transient int modCount = 0;

modCount ：这个值简单的来说用来记录结合被修改次数，以及用来判定集合是否被“非法”修改

第三处：判断numMoved字段是不是最后一个元素，如果最后的元素直接把那个位置赋值为null，不进行数据搬移工作