public class LinkedList {

private Node start;

public void insert(int x){
if(start==null)
start=new Node(x,start);
if(start!=null){
Node temp=start;
while(temp.next!=null){
temp=temp.next;
}
temp.next=new Node(x);
}
}
public void display(){
if(start==null){
System.out.println("List is empty!");
}else{
Node temp=start;
while(temp.next!=null){
temp=temp.next;
System.out.println(temp.getData());
}
}
}
/**
*/
public void delete(int x){
Node prev=start;
Node temp=start;
while(temp.getData()!=x){
if(temp.next==null){
System.out.println("Element not found!!");
break;
}
prev=temp;
temp=temp.next;
}
if(temp==start){
start=start.next;
}else{
prev.next=temp.next;
}
}
private static class Node{
private int data;
Node next;
Node(int data){
this.setData(data);
}
Node(int data,Node next){
this.setData(data);
this.next=next;
}
public int getData() {
return data;
}
public void setData(int data) {
this.data = data;
}

}
}
Now the class in which this simple linked list is used.
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String args[]){
LinkedList l=new LinkedList();
l.insert(1);
l.insert(2);
l.insert(3);
l.insert(4);
l.insert(5);
l.display();
System.out.println("-------------------------");
l.delete(2);
System.out.println("---------after deletion---------");
l.display();
}
}