pollFirst() method

pollFirst(): This pollfirst Java method is employed to removes and returns the first element from LinkedList. Its return type is E element. It Retrieve the element and also removes it from the LinkedList.

E pollFirst();

Where, E represents the type of elements in LinkedList.
return null, if this LinkedList is empty.

import java.util.LinkedList;
public class ExampleOfLinkedList
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
		LinkedList<String> listOfNames = new LinkedList<String>();
		listOfNames.add("JAVA");
		listOfNames.add("GOAL");
		listOfNames.add("RAVI");
			
		// It returns the element present at first position
		System.out.println("Element present at first position is = 
                "+listOfNames.pollFirst());
	}
}

Output: Element present at first position is = JAVA

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