java - Getting Index of an item in an arraylist; -

i have class called auctionitem. auctionitem class has method called getname() returns string. if have arraylist of type auctionitem, best way return index of item in arraylist has specific name?

i know there .indexof() function. parameter function object. find item has name, should use loop, , when item found, return element position in arraylist?

is there better way?

i think for-loop should valid solution :

    public int getindexbyname(string pname)     {         for(auctionitem _item : *yourarray*)         {             if(_item.getname().equals(pname))                 return *yourarray*.indexof(_item)         }         return -1;     }