本文以jdk 11的源代码进行参考。

一些变量

/**
 * Default initial capacity.
 */
private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 10;

/**
 * Shared empty array instance used for empty instances.
 */
private static final Object[] EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA = {};

/**
 * Shared empty array instance used for default sized empty instances. We
 * distinguish this from EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA to know how much to inflate when
 * first element is added.
 */
private static final Object[] DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA = {};

/**
 * The array buffer into which the elements of the ArrayList are stored.
 * The capacity of the ArrayList is the length of this array buffer. Any
 * empty ArrayList with elementData == DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA
 * will be expanded to DEFAULT_CAPACITY when the first element is added.
 */
transient Object[] elementData; // non-private to simplify nested class access

/**
 * The size of the ArrayList (the number of elements it contains).
 */
private int size;

初始化

通过int类型参数进行初始化

/**
 * Constructs an empty list with the specified initial capacity.
 *
 * @param  initialCapacity  the initial capacity of the list
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified initial capacity
 *         is negative
 */
public ArrayList(int initialCapacity) {
    if (initialCapacity > 0) {
        this.elementData = new Object[initialCapacity];
    } else if (initialCapacity == 0) {
        this.elementData = EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA;
    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Capacity: "+
                                           initialCapacity);
    }
}

没有参数

/**
 * Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten.
 */
public ArrayList() {
    this.elementData = DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA;
}

有一个实现了collection接口的参数

/**
 * Constructs a list containing the elements of the specified
 * collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's
 * iterator.
 *
 * @param c the collection whose elements are to be placed into this list
 * @throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null
 */
public ArrayList(Collection<? extends E> c) {
    Object[] a = c.toArray();
    if ((size = a.length) != 0) {
        if (c.getClass() == ArrayList.class) {
            elementData = a;
        } else {
            elementData = Arrays.copyOf(a, size, Object[].class);
        }
    } else {
        // replace with empty array.
        elementData = EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA;
    }
}

加入元素

直接在后面加入一个元素。
首先，需要检查缓冲数组是否已经存满了。
如果满了，需要对数组进行扩容，即新创建一个容量更大的数组保存元素。

/**
 * Appends the specified element to the end of this list.
 *
 * @param e element to be appended to this list
 * @return {@code true} (as specified by {@link Collection#add})
 */
public boolean add(E e) {
    modCount++;
    add(e, elementData, size);
    return true;
}
/**
 * This helper method split out from add(E) to keep method
 * bytecode size under 35 (the -XX:MaxInlineSize default value),
 * which helps when add(E) is called in a C1-compiled loop.
 */
private void add(E e, Object[] elementData, int s) {
    if (s == elementData.length)
        elementData = grow();
    elementData[s] = e;
    size = s + 1;
}
/**
 * Increases the capacity to ensure that it can hold at least the
 * number of elements specified by the minimum capacity argument.
 *
 * @param minCapacity the desired minimum capacity
 * @throws OutOfMemoryError if minCapacity is less than zero
 */
private Object[] grow(int minCapacity) {
    return elementData = Arrays.copyOf(elementData,
                                       newCapacity(minCapacity));
}

private Object[] grow() {
    return grow(size + 1);
}

关于新数组的容量设置：

/**
 * Returns a capacity at least as large as the given minimum capacity.
 * Returns the current capacity increased by 50% if that suffices.
 * Will not return a capacity greater than MAX_ARRAY_SIZE unless
 * the given minimum capacity is greater than MAX_ARRAY_SIZE.
 *
 * @param minCapacity the desired minimum capacity
 * @throws OutOfMemoryError if minCapacity is less than zero
 */
private int newCapacity(int minCapacity) {
    // overflow-conscious code
    int oldCapacity = elementData.length;
    int newCapacity = oldCapacity + (oldCapacity >> 1);
    if (newCapacity - minCapacity <= 0) {
        if (elementData == DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA)
            return Math.max(DEFAULT_CAPACITY, minCapacity);
        if (minCapacity < 0) // overflow
            throw new OutOfMemoryError();
        return minCapacity;
    }
    return (newCapacity - MAX_ARRAY_SIZE <= 0)
        ? newCapacity
        : hugeCapacity(minCapacity);
}

private static int hugeCapacity(int minCapacity) {
    if (minCapacity < 0) // overflow
        throw new OutOfMemoryError();
    return (minCapacity > MAX_ARRAY_SIZE)
        ? Integer.MAX_VALUE
        : MAX_ARRAY_SIZE;
}

在指定索引位置加入一个元素。

先检查索引是否超出列表容量范围。
如果没有超出的话，把index后面的元素都向后移动一位，再在索引index插入新元素。

/**
 * Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this
 * list. Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and
 * any subsequent elements to the right (adds one to their indices).
 *
 * @param index index at which the specified element is to be inserted
 * @param element element to be inserted
 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}
 */
public void add(int index, E element) {
    rangeCheckForAdd(index);
    modCount++;
    final int s;
    Object[] elementData;
    if ((s = size) == (elementData = this.elementData).length)
        elementData = grow();
    System.arraycopy(elementData, index,
                     elementData, index + 1,
                     s - index);
    elementData[index] = element;
    size = s + 1;
}
/**
 * A version of rangeCheck used by add and addAll.
 */
private void rangeCheckForAdd(int index) {
    if (index > size || index < 0)
        throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(outOfBoundsMsg(index));
}

删除元素

根据索引删除某个位置的元素。
先判断索引是否超出列表容量。
把索引index后面的所有元素向前移动一位。

/**
 * Removes the element at the specified position in this list.
 * Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their
 * indices).
 *
 * @param index the index of the element to be removed
 * @return the element that was removed from the list
 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {@inheritDoc}
 */
public E remove(int index) {
    Objects.checkIndex(index, size);
    final Object[] es = elementData;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") E oldValue = (E) es[index];
    fastRemove(es, index);

    return oldValue;
}

/**
 * Private remove method that skips bounds checking and does not
 * return the value removed.
 */
private void fastRemove(Object[] es, int i) {
    modCount++;
    final int newSize;
    if ((newSize = size - 1) > i)
        System.arraycopy(es, i + 1, es, i, newSize - i);
    es[size = newSize] = null;
}

/**
 * Removes all of the elements from this list.  The list will
 * be empty after this call returns.
 直接在for循环内进行赋值，简化了代码。
 */
public void clear() {
    modCount++;
    final Object[] es = elementData;
    for (int to = size, i = size = 0; i < to; i++)
        es[i] = null;
}