I'm working on some basic linked list stuff, like insert, delete, go to the front or end of the list, and basically i understand the concept of all of that stuff once i have the list i guess but im having trouble setting up the list. I was wondering of you guys could tell me if im going in the right direction. (mostly just the setup) this is what i have so far:

public class List {

private int size;
private List linkedList;
List head;
List cur;
List next;

/**
 * Creates an empty list.
 * @pre 
 * @post
 */
public List(){
    linkedList = new List();
    this.head = null;
    cur = head; 
}

/**
 * Delete the current element from this list. The element after the deleted element becomes the new current. 
 * If that's not possible, then the element before the deleted element becomes the new current. 
 * If that is also not possible, then you need to recognize what state the list is in and define current accordingly.
 * Nothing should be done if a delete is not possible.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */ 
public void delete(){
    // delete
    size--;
}

/**
 * Get the value of the current element. If this is not possible, throw an IllegalArgumentException.
 * @pre the list is not empty
 * @post
 * @return value of the current element.
 */
public char get(){
    return getItem(cur);
}

/**
 * Go to the last element of the list. If this is not possible, don't change the cursor.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */
public void goLast(){
    while (cur.next != null){
        cur = cur.next;
    }
}

/**
 * Advance the cursor to the next element. If this is not possible, don't change the cursor.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */
public void goNext(){
    if(cur.next != null){
        cur = cur.next;}
    //else do nothing
}

/**
 * Retreat the cursor to the previous element. If this is not possible, don't change the cursor.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */
public void goPrev(){

}

/**
 * Go to top of the list. This is the position before the first element.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */
public void goTop(){

}

/**
 * Go to first element of the list. If this is not possible, don't change the cursor.
 * @pre
 * @post
 */
public void goFirst(){

}

/**
 * Insert the given parameter after the current element. The newly inserted element becomes the current element.
 * @pre
 * @post
 * @param newVal : value to insert after the current element.
 */
public void insert(char newVal){
    cur.setItem(newVal);
    size++;
}

/**
 * Determines if this list is empty. Empty means this list has no elements.
 * @pre
 * @post
 * @return true if the list is empty.
 */
public boolean isEmpty(){
    return head == null;
}

/**
 * Determines the size of the list. The size of the list is the number of elements in the list.
 * @pre
 * @post
 * @return size which is the number of elements in the list.
 */
public int size(){
    return size;
}


public class Node {

    private char item;
    private Node next;

    public Node() {
    }

    public Node(char item) {
            this.item = item;
    }

    public Node(char item, Node next) {
        this.item = item;
        this.next = next;
    }

    public char getItem() {
        return this.item;
    }

    public void setItem(char item) {
        this.item = item;
    }

    public Node getNext() {
        return this.next;
    }

    public void setNext(Node next) {
        this.next = next;
    }
}

}

I got the node class alright (well i think it works alright), but is it necessary to even have that class? or can i go about it without even using it (just curious). And for example on the method get() in the list class can i not call that getItem() method from the node class because it's getting an error even though i thought that was the whole point for the node class.

bottom line i just wanna make sure im setting up the list right.

Thanks for any help guys, im new to linked list's so bear with me!