Java sub lists

This feaute is there for a while but I did not noticed it. It turns out that java.util.List#subList allows not only read but also manipulate original list just like list slice manipulation in Python but with clumsy syntax:

java.util.List l = new java.util.LinkedList();
 l.add("a");
 l.add("b");
 l.add("c");
java.util.List s = l.subList(1, 2);
 s.add("*");
System.out.println(l); // prints [a, b, *, c]
 s.remove(0);
System.out.println(l); // prints [a, *, c]
java.util.List r = l.subList(2,3);
 r.addAll(s); 
System.out.println(l); // prints [a, *, c, *]