Returns a part of consecutive elements of this list as a view. The returned view will be of zero length if start equals end. Any change that occurs in the returned subList will be reflected to the original list, and vice-versa. All the supported optional operations by the original list will also be supported by this subList.

This method can be used as a handy method to do some operations on a sub range of the original list, for example list.subList(from, to).clear();

If the original list is modified in other ways than through the returned subList, the behavior of the returned subList becomes undefined.

The returned subList is a subclass of AbstractList. The subclass stores offset, size of itself, and modCount of the original list. If the original list implements RandomAccess interface, the returned subList also implements RandomAccess interface.

The subList's set(int, Object), get(int), add(int, Object), remove(int), addAll(int, Collection) and removeRange(int, int) methods first check the bounds, adjust offsets and then call the corresponding methods of the original AbstractList. addAll(Collection c) method of the returned subList calls the original addAll(offset + size, c).

The listIterator(int) method of the subList wraps the original list iterator. The iterator() method of the subList invokes the original listIterator() method, and the size() method merely returns the size of the subList.

All methods will throw a ConcurrentModificationException if the modCount of the original list is not equal to the expected value.

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