Method remove

lib/java/util/AbstractCollection.java:225–243

Removes one instance of the specified object from this Collection if one is contained (optional). This implementation iterates over this Collection and tests for each element e returned by the iterator, whether e is equal to the given object. If object != null

(Object object)

     *                doesn't support {@code null} elements.
     */
    public boolean remove(Object object) {
        Iterator<?> it = iterator();
        if (object != null) {
            while (it.hasNext()) {
                if (object.equals(it.next())) {
                    it.remove();
                    return true;
                }
            }
        } else {
            while (it.hasNext()) {
                if (it.next() == null) {
                    it.remove();
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Removes all occurrences in this {@code Collection} of each object in the