A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Quoting from the ArrayList documentation:

"Each ArrayList instance has a capacity. The capacity is the size of the array used to store the elements in the list."

The documentation for the empty constructor goes on to say:

"Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten"

This is misleading, as the empty constructor creates an empty list with a capacity (according to the above definition of capacity) of zero.

I suggest changing the wording to simply state:
"Constructs an empty list"

Or alternatively, fully specifying the behaviour of ArrayList with respect to allocating the underlying array, which I think is not the best option.


FREQUENCY : always