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Java how do I give elements in an array a Unique ID

I'm new to programming and I've got a task to make a swing/GUI crud where you are able to put in people/animal/movies into an array etc (I'm currently doing people) and it will generate mail, username etc. I've done all that but I'm missing one thing.
Now - I want to give each element in the array an unique ID of some sort where if 1 person has ID 25 for instance, so there can't be another element with the same ID 25 unless i remove that specific element.
I use a Jframe and then a java public class where i have get's and set's for my Jframe.
Sorry but I'm new - thank you.

Java.lang.Object has methods called hasCode() and equals(). These methods play a significant role in the real time application. However its use is not always common to all applications.
hashCode()
As you know this method provides the has code of an object. Basically the default implementation of hashCode() provided by Object is derived by mapping the memory address to an integer value. If look into the source of Object class , you will find the following code for the hashCode. public native int hashCode(); It indicates that hashCode is the native implementation which provides the memory address to a certain extent. However it is possible to override the hashCode method in your implementation class.
equals()
This particular method is used to make equal comparison between two objects. There are two types of comparisons in Java. One is using “= =” operator and another is “equals()”. I hope that you know the difference between this two. More specifically the “.equals()” refers to equivalence relations. So in broad sense you say that two objects are equivalent they satisfy the “equals()” condition. If you look into the source code of Object class you will find the following code for the equals() method.
So, lets create a class Person overriding these methods:
public class Person {
private Integer personId;
private String fullName;
public Integer getPersonId() {
return personId;
}
public void setPersonId(Integer personId) {
this.personId = personId;
}
public String getFullName() {
return fullName;
}
public void setFullName(String fullName) {
this.fullName = fullName;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Person [personId=" + personId + ", fullName="
+ fullName + "]";
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
final int prime = 31;
int result = 1;
result = prime * result + ((fullName == null) ? 0 : fullName.hashCode());
result = prime * result + ((personId == null) ? 0 : personId.hashCode());
return result;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (this == obj)
return true;
if (obj == null)
return false;
if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
return false;
Person other = (Person) obj;
if (fullName == null) {
if (other.fullName != null)
return false;
} else if (!fullName.equals(other.fullName))
return false;
if (personId == null) {
if (other.personId != null)
return false;
} else if (!personId.equals(other.personId))
return false;
return true;
}
}
and now our main class to create and manage duplicate objects of class Person:
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class UniqueArrayExample {
//To remove duplicates objects we use here HashSet util collection
private static Set<Person> personSet = new HashSet<Person>();
public static void main(String[] args) {
//creating four objects of Person Class
Person person1 = new Person();
Person person2 = new Person();
Person person3Dupl = new Person();
Person person4 = new Person();
//third object person3Dup1 is duplicate of Object person1
person1.setPersonId(12341);
person2.setPersonId(12342);
person3Dupl.setPersonId(12341);
person4.setPersonId(12344);
person1.setFullName("Suresh Kumar");
person2.setFullName("Mahesh Singh");
person3Dupl.setFullName("Suresh Kumar");
person4.setFullName("Rajkumar Singh");
//Add those Person class Object to Set<Person> collection
personSet.add(person1);
personSet.add(person2);
personSet.add(person3Dupl);
personSet.add(person4);
//So here after getting all Objects to Iterator and by
//printing those will not give you the person1 Object duplicate.
Iterator<Person> iterator = personSet.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(iterator.next().toString());
}
}
}
here output generated as above class:
Person [personId=12342, fullName=Mahesh Singh]
Person [personId=12341, fullName=Suresh Kumar]
Person [personId=12344, fullName=Rajkumar Singh]
the duplicate object possibles to remove by use of HashSet, because of overriding hashCode() and equals() methods inside class Person, if you remove those methods from the class Person, Set collection will add all Objects of Person and will remove the redundancy.
Hope this would help you.

Hierarchical Data to arrayList using recursion. (Java)

I have hierarchical data in MySQL of employees and their subordinates as shown here There is a joining column 'managerID' which references to the employee ID in the same column.
My objective is to recursively go through this data and add it all to an arrayList which would end up looking like this:
[Tom [Hanna [George [Chris], Rachel]]]
But there is a logic problem in my java function:
public void getList(String employeeName, ArrayList<Object> arrayList) {
// Initialise the arrayList the first time
if (arrayList == null) {
arrayList = new ArrayList<>();
}
// Using the string provided, I have found the employee
Employee employee = employeeRepository.findByName(employeeName);
// adding employee to the list
arrayList.add(employee);
// Getting list of employee's subordinates
List<Employee> subordinates = employee.getSubordinates();
// Checking if employee has subordinates
if (subordinates != null) {
// Iterate through each of their subordinates and call recursive function
for (int i = 0; i < subordinates.size(); i++) {
ArrayList<Object> subOrdinateDetails = new ArrayList<>();
// If the subordinate has subordinates, use recursion
if (subordinates.get(i).getSubordinates() != null) {
getList(subordinates.get(i).getName(), subordinatesDetails);
}
// Adding this list to the original arrayList
arrayList.add(subOrdinateDetails);
}
System.out.println(arrayList.toString());
}
}
The toString method at the end of the method does not print what I wanted above, instead it prints:
[Chris]
[George, [Chris]]
[Rachel]
[Hanna, [George, [Chris]], [Rachel]]
[Tom, [Hanna, [George, [Chris]], [Rachel]]]
While trying to debug it, I tried to get the first index of the arrayList, to understand what it was here is what it printed:
Chris
George
Rachel
Hanna
Tom
As you can tell, I am new to java, and I have failed debugging my code. If you could point out my mistake, I will be very grateful.

You can simply do it like this.
public class Employee {
private final String name;
private final List<Employee> subordinates;
public Employee(String name, List<Employee> subordinates) {
super();
this.name = name;
this.subordinates = subordinates;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public List<Employee> getSubordinates() {
return subordinates;
}
public void print() {
System.out.println(this.name);
this.subordinates.forEach(emp -> {
emp.print();
});
}
}
public class EmployeeTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Employee chris = new Employee("chris", new ArrayList<>());
Employee george = new Employee("george", Arrays.asList(chris));
Employee rachell = new Employee("rachell", new ArrayList<>());
Employee hannah = new Employee("hannan", Arrays.asList(george, rachell));
Employee tom= new Employee("tom",Arrays.asList(hannah));
tom.print();
}
}
The trick in the recursion is each time it prints out the current employee, before printing any of it's subordinates as you can see in the method. I'll leave it to you to come up with the brackets if needed.

How to write generics method in java that accepts any list of two object and returns list?

i have a domain class(DB):
public class PersonDoamin {
private String name;
private String age;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
}
i also have model class:
public class PersonBean extends PersonDoamin {
}
so when i go to DAOImpl class and query for List and transfer this list to List and return to users as i have interface method for List getAllPerson(). so my questions is here when i transfer all data from List. Here i have some utility method that copies from one bean to another like this:
List<PersonDoamin> list = PersonDAO.getAllPersons();
List<PersonBean> pbList = new ArrayList<PersonBean>();
/* this below logic is pretty much in the all DAO impl*/
for(PersonDoamin p : list){
PersonBean pb = new PersonBean();
CopyHelper.copyBean(p, pb);
pbList.add(pb);
}
return pbList;
can we replace the looping and copying and adding to another list and returning part with somekind of generic method which will take any object two list and loop thorugh one and add it to another passed List parameter and return it. something like below which is not perfect right now:
public static <T> List<T> listToArray(List<T> list,List<T> list2) {
for(T element : list){
list2.add(element);
}
return list2;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<PersonDoamin> personList = new ArrayList<PersonDoamin>();
PersonDoamin p = new PersonDoamin();
p.setName("aj");
p.setAge("25");
personList.add(p);
List<PersonBean> personBeansToReturn = new ArrayList<PersonBean>();
Test.listToArray(personList , personBeansToReturn );
}

A bit off topic, your design seems a bit weird that you have "Domain" class and "Bean" class and have "Bean" extends "Domain"...
Anyway, come back to your question, what you are trying to do is:
You have a List<Domain>
You want to transform each Domain in the List into a Bean (by use of some util method)
Put the resulting Beans into a list and return
Let's go through it step by step.
(by the way, the listToArray method you wrote does not align with your original loop as it does not do the transformation (point 2). I guess it is typo?)
(all psuedo code as I don't have environment on hand to make it compile. Concept should be correct I guess)
Step 1: Util method for Person
One biggest problem of your original util method is that, it is illegal to put a Parent object instance to a List of Child (it should be easy to figure why by yourself).
The util method should look like this:
List<PersonBean> toBeans(List<PersonDomain> domains) {
List<PersonBean> beans = new ArrayList<>(domains.size());
for (PersonDomain domain: domains) {
PersonBean bean = new PersonBean();
CopyHelper.copyBean(domain, bean);
beans.add(bean);
}
return beans;
}
Step 2: Make it generic
The problem above is that it only works for Person. If you want to make it generic, you will also need to provide the function to transform Domain to Bean:
(Assume you are using Java8, should be trivial to make your own interface if you are using older version)
<D,B> List<B> toBeans(List<D> domains, Function<B,D> mapper) {
List<PersonBean> beans = new ArrayList<>(domains.size());
for (PersonDomain domain: domains) {
beans.add(mapper.apply(domain));
}
return beans;
}
so that you can use it by:
return toBeans(personDomains, (domain) -> {
PersonBean bean = new PersonBean();
CopyHelper.copyBean(domain, bean);
return bean;
});
(You may consider wrap the function if in most case you are going to use the CopyHelper way)
<D,B> List<B> toBeansByBeanCopy(List<D> domains, Class<B> beanClass) {
return toBeans(domains, (domain)-> {
B bean = beanClass.newInstance();
CopyHelper.copyBean(domain, bean);
return bean;
});
}
so that you can use it as
return toBeansByBeanCopy(personDomains, PersonBean.class);
Step 3: Java has done it for you
Actually what you are trying to do above, it is already provided by Java in Java 8. You can simply do:
return personDomains.stream()
.map(d -> {
PersonBean bean = new PersonBean();
CopyHelper.copyBean(domain, bean);
return bean;
})
.collect(Collectors.toList());
You may write a little method to use in the lambda expression if it is the standard way.
return personDomains.stream()
.map(BeanMapper.mapper(PersonBean.class))
.collect(Collectors.toList());
(Leave the implementation as your exercise)

If you're looking for a way to call new on a generic type, you can, sort of. You have to use reflection and call newInstance on the Class object. I don't know if this is going to be feasible for you.
Also, I don't see anyway of realistically implementing your bean copy method without using some heavy reflection as well. In the example below I faked by just casting to the required classes.
public class GenericCopyTest
{
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
{
List<PersonDoamin> personList = new ArrayList<PersonDoamin>();
PersonDoamin p = new PersonDoamin();
p.setName( "aj" );
p.setAge( "25" );
personList.add( p );
List<PersonBean> personBeansToReturn = new ArrayList<PersonBean>();
copyAndDowncast( personList, personBeansToReturn, PersonBean.class );
System.out.println( personBeansToReturn );
}
public static <T,U extends T> List<U> copyAndDowncast( List<T> from,
List<U> to, Class<U> type )
throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException
{
for( T element : from ) {
U nu = type.newInstance();
copyBean( element, nu );
to.add( nu );
}
return to;
}
private static <X,Y extends X> void copyBean( X from, Y nu ) {
((PersonBean)nu).setName( ((PersonDoamin)from).getName() );
((PersonBean)nu).setAge( ((PersonDoamin)from).getAge() );
}
}
class PersonDoamin {
private String name;
private String age;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
#Override
public String toString()
{
return "PersonDoamin{" + "name=" + name + ", age=" + age + '}';
}
}
class PersonBean extends PersonDoamin {
#Override
public String toString()
{
return "PersonBean{" + getName() + ',' + getAge()+ '}';
}
}
Output:
run:
[PersonBean{aj,25}]
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

Why not just use addAll() for this? It does what you're trying to do, and it's already part of the system library.
Remember you can add a PersonBean to a PersonDomain list, but not the other way around.
public class GenericCopyTest
{
public static void main( String[] args ) {
List<PersonDoamin> personList = new ArrayList<PersonDoamin>();
List<PersonBean> personBeansToReturn = new ArrayList<PersonBean>();
personList.addAll( personBeansToReturn );
personBeansToReturn.addAll( personList ); // <-- FAILS
// No suitable method found
}
}
class PersonDoamin {}
class PersonBean extends PersonDoamin {}

If you want to put more than one bean class in the same list,
how about creating the list with parent class PersonDoamin , and then, you can store both PersonDoamin and PersonBean classes.
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<PersonDoamin> personList = new ArrayList<PersonDoamin>();
PersonDoamin p = new PersonDoamin();
p.setName("aj");
p.setAge("25");
personList.add(p);
// Changed here. PersonBean => PersonDoamin
List<PersonDoamin> personBeansToReturn = new ArrayList<PersonDoamin>();
Test.listToArray(personList, personBeansToReturn);
// also you can insert PersonBean into the list
personBeansToReturn.add(new PersonBean());
}

Create an ArrayList with multiple object types?

How do I create an ArrayList with integer and string input types? If I create one as:
List<Integer> sections = new ArrayList <Integer>();
that will be an Integer type ArrayList.
If I create one as:
List<String> sections = new ArrayList <String>();
that will be of String type.
How can I create an ArrayList which can take both integer and string input types?
Thank you.

You can make it like :
List<Object> sections = new ArrayList <Object>();
(Recommended) Another possible solution would be to make a custom model class with two parameters one Integer and other String. Then using an ArrayList of that object.

(1)
ArrayList<Object> list = new ArrayList <>();`
list.add("ddd");
list.add(2);
list.add(11122.33);
System.out.println(list);
(2)
ArrayList arraylist = new ArrayList();
arraylist.add(5);
arraylist.add("saman");
arraylist.add(4.3);
System.out.println(arraylist);

You can use Object for storing any type of value for e.g. int, float, String, class objects, or any other java objects, since it is the root of all the class. For e.g.
Declaring a class
class Person {
public int personId;
public String personName;
public int getPersonId() {
return personId;
}
public void setPersonId(int personId) {
this.personId = personId;
}
public String getPersonName() {
return personName;
}
public void setPersonName(String personName) {
this.personName = personName;
}}
main function code, which creates the new person object, int, float, and string type, and then is added to the List, and iterated using for loop. Each object is identified, and then the value is printed.
Person p = new Person();
p.setPersonId(1);
p.setPersonName("Tom");
List<Object> lstObject = new ArrayList<Object>();
lstObject.add(1232);
lstObject.add("String");
lstObject.add(122.212f);
lstObject.add(p);
for (Object obj : lstObject) {
if (obj.getClass() == String.class) {
System.out.println("I found a string :- " + obj);
}
if (obj.getClass() == Integer.class) {
System.out.println("I found an int :- " + obj);
}
if (obj.getClass() == Float.class) {
System.out.println("I found a float :- " + obj);
}
if (obj.getClass() == Person.class) {
Person person = (Person) obj;
System.out.println("I found a person object");
System.out.println("Person Id :- " + person.getPersonId());
System.out.println("Person Name :- " + person.getPersonName());
}
}
You can find more information on the object class on this link Object in java

List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add(1);
list.add("1");
As the return type of ArrayList is object, you can add any type of data to ArrayList but it is not a good practice to use ArrayList because there is unnecessary boxing and unboxing.

You could create a List<Object>, but you really don't want to do this. Mixed lists that abstract to Object are not very useful and are a potential source of bugs. In fact the fact that your code requires such a construct gives your code a bad code smell and suggests that its design may be off. Consider redesigning your program so you aren't forced to collect oranges with orangutans.
Instead -- do what G V recommends and I was about to recommend, create a custom class that holds both int and String and create an ArrayList of it. 1+ to his answer!

Create your own class which stores the string and integer, and then make a list of these objects.
class Stuff {
private String label;
private Integer value;
// Constructor
public void Stuff(String label, Integer value) {
if (label == null || value == null) {
throw NullPointerException();
}
this.label = label;
this.value = value;
}
// getters
public String getLabel() {
return this.label;
}
public Integer getValue() {
return this.value;
}
}
Then in your code:
private List<Stuff> items = new ArrayList<Stuff>();
items.add(new Stuff(label, value));
for (Stuff item: items) {
doSomething(item.getLabel()); // returns String
doSomething(item.getValue()); // returns Integer
}

It depends on the use case. Can you, please, describe it more?
If you want to be able to add both at one time, than you can do the which is nicely described by #Sanket Parikh. Put Integer and String into a new class and use that.
If you want to add the list either a String or an int, but only one of these at a time, then sure it is the List<Object>
which looks good but only for first sight! This is not a good pattern. You'll have to check what type of object you have each time you get an object from your list. Also This type of list can contain any other types as well.. So no, not a nice solution. Although maybe for a beginner it can be used. If you choose this, i would recommend to check what is "instanceof" in Java.
I would strongly advise to reconsider your needs and think about maybe your real nead is to encapsulate Integers to a List<Integer> and Strings to a separate List<String>
Can i tell you a metaphor for what you want to do now? I would say you want to make a List wich can contain coffee beans and coffee shops. These to type of objects are totally different! Why are these put onto the same shelf? :)
Or do you have maybe data which can be a word or a number? Yepp! This would make sense, both of them is data! Then try to use one object for that which contains the data as String and if needed, can be translated to integer value.
public class MyDataObj {
String info;
boolean isNumeric;
public MyDataObj(String info){
setInfo(info);
}
public MyDataObj(Integer info){
setInfo(info);
}
public String getInfo() {
return info;
}
public void setInfo(String info) {
this.info = info;
this.isNumeric = false;
}
public void setInfo(Integer info) {
this.info = Integer.toString(info);
this.isNumeric = true;
}
public boolean isNumeric() {
return isNumeric;
}
}
This way you can use List<MyDataObj> for your needs. Again, this depends on your needs! :)
Some edition: What about using inharitance? This is better then then List<Object> solution, because you can not have other types in the list then Strings or Integers:
Interface:
public interface IMyDataObj {
public String getInfo();
}
For String:
public class MyStringDataObj implements IMyDataObj {
final String info;
public MyStringDataObj(String info){
this.info = info;
}
#Override
public String getInfo() {
return info;
}
}
For Integer:
public class MyIntegerDataObj implements IMyDataObj {
final Integer info;
public MyIntegerDataObj(Integer info) {
this.info = info;
}
#Override
public String getInfo() {
return Integer.toString(info);
}
}
Finally the list will be: List<IMyDataObj>

You don't know the type is Integer or String then you no need Generic. Go With old style.
List list= new ArrayList ();
list.add(1);
list.add("myname");
for(Object o = list){
}

You can always create an ArrayList of Objects. But it will not be very useful to you. Suppose you have created the Arraylist like this:
List<Object> myList = new ArrayList<Object>();
and add objects to this list like this:
myList.add(new Integer("5"));
myList.add("object");
myList.add(new Object());
You won't face any problem while adding and retrieving the object but it won't be very useful.
You have to remember at what location each type of object is it in order to use it. In this case after retrieving, all you can do is calling the methods of Object on them.

You can just add objects of diffefent "Types" to an instance of ArrayList. No need create an ArrayList. Have a look at the below example,
You will get below output:
Beginning....
Contents of array: [String, 1]
Size of the list: 2
This is not an Integer String
This is an Integer 1
package com.viswa.examples.programs;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class VarArrayListDemo {
#SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(" Beginning....");
ArrayList varTypeArray = new ArrayList();
varTypeArray.add("String");
varTypeArray.add(1); //Stored as Integer
System.out.println(" Contents of array: " + varTypeArray + "\n Size of the list: " + varTypeArray.size());
Arrays.stream(varTypeArray.toArray()).forEach(VarArrayListDemo::checkType);
}
private static <T> void checkType(T t) {
if (Integer.class.isInstance(t)) {
System.out.println(" This is an Integer " + t);
} else {
System.out.println(" This is not an Integer" + t);
}
}
}

Just use Entry (as in java.util.Map.Entry) as the list type, and populate it using (java.util.AbstractMap’s) SimpleImmutableEntry:
List<Entry<Integer, String>> sections = new ArrayList<>();
sections.add(new SimpleImmutableEntry<>(anInteger, orString)):

For me this method works perfectly fine in jdk 16
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Array {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList arrayList= new ArrayList();
arrayList.add("alien");
arrayList.add(1);
arrayList.add(0,'b');
System.out.println(arrayList);
System.out.println((arrayList.get(0)) instanceof Integer);
}
}
Output
[b, alien, 1]
false

User Defined Class Array List Example
import java.util.*;
public class UserDefinedClassInArrayList {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Creating user defined class objects
Student s1=new Student(1,"AAA",13);
Student s2=new Student(2,"BBB",14);
Student s3=new Student(3,"CCC",15);
ArrayList<Student> al=new ArrayList<Student>();
al.add(s1);
al.add(s2);
al.add(s3);
Iterator itr=al.iterator();
//traverse elements of ArrayList object
while(itr.hasNext()){
Student st=(Student)itr.next();
System.out.println(st.rollno+" "+st.name+" "+st.age);
}
}
}
class Student{
int rollno;
String name;
int age;
Student(int rollno,String name,int age){
this.rollno=rollno;
this.name=name;
this.age=age;
}
}
Program Output:
1 AAA 13
2 BBB 14
3 CCC 15

How to most elegantly iterate through parallel collections?

Say I have 2 parallel collections, eg: a list of people's names in a List<String> and a list of their age in a List<Int> in the same order (so that any given index in each collection refers to the same person).
I want to iterate through both collections at the same time and fetch the name and age of each person and do something with it. With arrays this is easily done with:
for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
do something with names[i] ....
do something with ages[i].....
}
What would be the most elegant way (in terms of readability and speed) of doing this with collections?

it1 = coll1.iterator();
it2 = coll2.iterator();
while(it1.hasNext() && it2.hasNext()) {
value1 = it1.next();
value2 = it2.next();
do something with it1 and it2;
}
This version terminates when the shorter collection is exhausted; alternatively, you could continue until the longer one is exhausted, setting value1 resp. value2 to null.

I would create a new object that encapsulates the two. Throw that in the array and iterate over that.
List<Person>
Where
public class Person {
public string name;
public int age;
}

for (int i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) {
name = names.get(i);
age = ages.get(i);
// do your stuff
}
It doesn't really matter. Your code won't get points for elegance. Just do it so that it works. And please don't bloat.

You could create an interface for it:
public interface ZipIterator<T,U> {
boolean each(T t, U u);
}
public class ZipUtils {
public static <T,U> boolean zip(Collection<T> ct, Collection<U> cu, ZipIterator<T,U> each) {
Iterator<T> it = ct.iterator();
Iterator<U> iu = cu.iterator();
while (it.hasNext() && iu.hasNext()) {
if (!each.each(it.next(), iu.next()) {
return false;
}
}
return !it.hasNext() && !iu.hasNext();
}
}
And then you have:
Collection<String> c1 = ...
Collection<Long> c2 = ...
zip(c1, c2, new ZipIterator<String, Long>() {
public boolean each(String s, Long l) {
...
}
});

I took #cletus comment and Improved it abit, And that's what I use:
public static <T,U> void zip(Collection<T> ct, Collection<U> cu, BiConsumer<T, U> consumer) {
Iterator<T> it = ct.iterator();
Iterator<U> iu = cu.iterator();
while (it.hasNext() && iu.hasNext()) {
consumer.accept(it.next(), iu.next());
}
}
Usage:
zip(list1, list2, (v1, v2) -> {
// Do stuff
});

While the submitted solutions are correct I prefer the following one because it follows the guides from effective java item 57: minimize the scope of local variables:
for (Iterator<String> i = lst1.iterator(), ii = lst2.iterator(); i.hasNext() && ii.hasNext(); ) {
String e1 = i.next();
String e2 = ii.next();
....
}

As suggested by jeef3, modeling the true domain rather than keeping separate, implicitly coupled Lists is the right way to go... when this is an option.
There are various reasons why you might not be able to adopt this approach. If so...
A. You can use a callback approach, as suggested by cletus.
B. You can still choose to expose an Iterator that exposes domain object element for each composite instance. This approach doesn't force you to keep a parallel List structure around.
private List<String> _names = ...;
private List<Integer> _ages = ...;
Iterator<Person> allPeople() {
final Iterator<String> ni = _names.iterator();
final Iterator<Integer> ai = _ages.iterator();
return new Iterator() {
public boolean hasNext() {
return ni.hasNext();
}
public Person next() {
return new Person(ni.next(), ai.next());
}
public void remove() {
ni.remove();
ai.remove();
}
};
}
C. You can use a variation of this and use a RowSet style cursor API. Let's say IPerson is an interface that describes Person. Then we can do:
public interface IPerson {
String getName();
void setName(String name);
...
}
public interface ICursor<T> {
boolean next();
T current();
}
private static class PersonCursor implements IPerson, ICursor<IPerson> {
private final List<String> _names;
...
private int _index = -1;
PersonCursor(List<String> names, List<Integer> ages) {
_names = names;
...
}
public boolean next() {
return ++_index < _names.size();
}
public Person current() {
return this;
}
public String getName() {
return _names.get(_index);
}
public void setName(String name) {
_names.set(0, name);
}
...
}
private List<String> _names = ...;
private List<Integer> _ages = ...;
Cursor<Person> allPeople() {
return new PersonCursor(_names, _ages);
}
Note that the B approach also be made to support updates to list by introducing a Domain interface, and having the Iterator return 'live' objects.

I just posted this function in this similar question (which #Nils von Barth asserts is not a duplicate ;) ), but it's equally applicable here:
public static <L,R,M> List<M> zipLists(
BiFunction<L,R,M> factory, Iterable<L> left, Iterable<R> right) {
Iterator<L> lIter = left.iterator();
Iterator<R> rIter = right.iterator();
ImmutableList.Builder<M> builder = ImmutableList.builder();
while (lIter.hasNext() && rIter.hasNext()) {
builder.add(factory.apply(lIter.next(), rIter.next()));
}
// Most of the existing solutions fail to enforce that the lists are the same
// size. That is a *classic* source of bugs. Always enforce your invariants!
checkArgument(!lIter.hasNext(),
"Unexpected extra left elements: %s", ImmutableList.copyOf(lIter));
checkArgument(!rIter.hasNext(),
"Unexpected extra right elements: %s", ImmutableList.copyOf(rIter));
return builder.build();
}
You can then provide a factory operation for the BiFunction, such as a value-type's constructor:
List<Person> people = zipLists(Person::new, names, ages);
If you really just want to iterate over them and do some operation, rather than construct a new collection, you could swap the BiFunction for a BiConsumer and have the function return void.