public class LinkedStack<T> { private static class Node<U> { U item; Node<U> next; Node() { item = null; next = null; } Node(U item, Node<U> next) { this.item = item; this.next = next; } boolean end() { return item == null && next == null; } } private Node<T> top = new Node<T>(); public void push(T item) { top = new Node<T>(item, top); } public T pop(){ T result = top.item; if(!top.end()){ top = top.next; } return result; } public static void main(String[] args) { LinkedStack<String> lss = new LinkedStack<String>(); for(String s : "Phasers or stun!".split(" ")){ lss.push(s); } String s; while((s = lss.pop()) != null) { System.out.println(s); } } }