Java - Node class and LinkedList

I think there is a simple and short explanation:
http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial8_An-Introduction-to-Linked-Lists.html

More examples and tutorials:

Code example:
http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=347

and even YouTube lectures about LinkedLists (that seems longish, but fun):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzJdKoEmO0&feature=related

Thanks for the links.

If you don't mind me to ask a question about the requirement listing for the program:

"Put solution in a class called X, which uses the Node class to provide nodes for the linked list representation."

Would you think that means to add another class to my program when it says Node class?
Or does that just mean to do LinkedList.add to get nodes added to the LinkedList?

Thanks,
jimbo99999

I think if you look at the example

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial8_An-Introduction-to-Linked-Lists.html

you'll see that first snippet defines class Node for the LinkedList which
has set of integeres as the actual data.

The loose code which you see in all subsequernt snippets may in fact
be part of your class X.
Do they have any more specific requirements about
what should class X accomoplish?

If not ,this code which you see on this page
may well be the part of your class X, just add class declaration
and other formal stuff to it:



private static node firstNode; //a reference to the first node
private static node lastNode = null; //a reference to the last node



public static void display() //displays all the data in the nodes
{ node n=firstNode;
while(n!=null) //loops forward displaying node’s data (the integers)
{ System.out.print(n.getData()+", ");
n=n.getNext(); //move to the next node in the list
}
}

Thanks for the additional insight.  The requirements are really rather straightforward...grab 2 large integers from keyboard input, parse apart by the commas, put each integer in a separate node in a linked list, turn the linked list back around and manipulate the large numbers before printing them out.  

Conceptually I understand the LinkedList and nodes.  But, man the book for the course is awful at explaining the Node class and how to work with it.

I will take a look at that first link again as you suggested and see what happens.

Thanks again,
jimbo99999

Thanks for the help here as well.

jimbo99999