UPDATE: Using Java 8 Syntax
List<DataPoint> myList = new ArrayList<>();
//Fill up myList with your Data Points
List<DataPoint> dataPointsCalledJohn =
myList
.stream()
.filter(p-> p.getName().equals(("john")))
.collect(Collectors.toList());
If you don't mind using an external libaray - you can use Predicates from the Google Guava library as follows:
class DataPoint {
String name;
String getName() { return name; }
}
Predicate<DataPoint> nameEqualsTo(final String name) {
return new Predicate<DataPoint>() {
public boolean apply(DataPoint dataPoint) {
return dataPoint.getName().equals(name);
}
};
}
public void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
List<DataPoint> myList = new ArrayList<DataPoint>();
//Fill up myList with your Data Points
Collection<DataPoint> dataPointsCalledJohn =
Collections2.filter(myList, nameEqualsTo("john"));
}