Is my code a Linked Lists or not?

Question

Hello everyone,
[I hope I am in the right forum]
I am trying to learn how to implement Linked Lists with Java. I have written a small code and I would appreceate it a lot if any one would be kind enough to check if this code is really a linked list.
I tried to make a list with 3 nodes, with no helping methods for adding and removing nodes. Just a simple example. This is my code:
public class myList{
     public static final long serialVersionUID = 24362462L;
     //node pointer important to define private, so not share same value
     private myList pointer;
     //node data
     private String nodeData;
public static void main(String args[]){
//Give memory to nodes
myList Node1 = new myList();
myList Node2 = new myList();
myList Node3 = new myList();
//Make Node1
Node1.pointer = Node2;//give value to pointer
Node1.nodeData = "Hi i am data contained in Node 1.";
//Make Node2
Node2.pointer = Node3;
Node2.nodeData = "Hi i am data contained in Node 2.";
//Make Node3
Node3.pointer = null;
Node3.nodeData = "Hi i am data contained in Node 3.";
//Display Data
System.out.println(Node1.nodeData);
System.out.println(Node2.nodeData);
System.out.println(Node3.nodeData);
//Display pointers
System.out.println("Hi this is Node2 ==============>:"+Node2);
System.out.println("This is the value of pointer of Node1:"+Node1.pointer);
System.out.println("Hi this is Node3===============>:"+Node3);
System.out.println("This is the value of pointer of Node2:"+Node2.pointer);
}//main
}//class
/***** OUTPUT ***** OUTPUT ***** OUTPUT ***** OUTPUT *****
Hi i am data contained in Node 1.
Hi i am data contained in Node 2.
Hi i am data contained in Node 3.
Hi this is Node2 ========================>:myList@16f0472
This is the value of pointer of Node 1 ==>:myList@16f0472
Hi this is Node3 ========================>:myList@18d107f
This is the value of pointer of Node 2 ==>:myList@18d107f
Press any key to continue...
Thank you very much,
JMelsi

Answer 1

Happy to advise. Here we go. :)
Firstly, you'll want to post your code in code tags. They make your code more legible, thus making it easier and therefore more likely that someone responds. ;)
Second, it would be more appropriate for class names (such as "myList") to start with an upper-case letter (such as "MyList"). Additionally, the class in question does not represent a whole list but instead a node, so you might want to call it "MyListNode" or something similar.
Strictly speaking, your code is definitely that of a linked list of nodes. For example, one could print all of the contents in your list with code like this:
myList node = ...; // assign to the first node
while (node!=null) // as long as there is a node
    System.out.println(node.nodeData); // print the data in this node
    node = node.pointer; // move on to the next node
}Note that, in the above code, I didn't have to know how many nodes were in your list or have any references to them beforehand. :) That's the power in the data structure you're creating.
Enjoy!