Move large numbers of items to another JList as fast as possible

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Code

private static <E> void move1(JList<E> from, JList<E> to) {
  ListSelectionModel sm = from.getSelectionModel();
  int[] selectedIndices = from.getSelectedIndices();

  DefaultListModel<E> fromModel = (DefaultListModel<E>) from.getModel();
  DefaultListModel<E> toModel = (DefaultListModel<E>) to.getModel();
  List<E> unselectedValues = new ArrayList<>();
  for (int i = 0; i < fromModel.getSize(); i++) {
    if (!sm.isSelectedIndex(i)) {
      unselectedValues.add(fromModel.getElementAt(i));
    }
  }
  if (selectedIndices.length > 0) {
    for (int i: selectedIndices) {
      toModel.addElement(fromModel.get(i));
    }
    fromModel.clear();
    unselectedValues.forEach(fromModel::addElement);
  }
}

References

• Move large numbers of items to another JList as fast as possible(Japanese)