How to get min element from the given list?

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The java.util.Collections class consists exclusively of static methods that operate on or return collections. It contains polymorphic algorithms that operate on collections, “wrappers”, which return a new collection backed by a specified collection, and a few other odds and ends.

Collections.min() method will returns the minimum element of the given collection, according to the natural ordering of its elements
Syntax: public static int min(Collection coll)

Example

package com.w3schools;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
 
public class Test {
 
    public static void main(String a[]){         
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        list.add(32);
        list.add(61);
        list.add(73);
        list.add(10);
        list.add(9);
        list.add(86);
        System.out.println("Minimum element from the list: "+Collections.min(list));
    }
}

Output

Minimum element from the list: 9

Java Collections class examples