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Java Pocket Guide, 4th Edition

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Chapter 15. Java Collections Framework

The Java Collections Framework is designed to support numerous collections in a hierarchical fashion. It is essentially made up of interfaces, implementations, and algorithms.

The Collection Interface

Collections are objects that group multiple elements and store, retrieve, and manipulate those elements. The Collection interface is at the root of the collection hierarchy. Subinterfaces of Collection include List, Queue, and Set. Table 15-1 shows these interfaces and whether they are ordered or allow duplicates. The Map interface is also included in the table, as it is part of the framework.

Table 15-1. Common collections
Interface	Ordered	Dupes	Notes
`List`	Yes	Yes	Positional access; element insertion control
`Map`	Can be	No (Keys)	Unique keys; one value mapping max per key
`Queue`	Yes	Yes	Holds elements; usually FIFO
`Set`	Can be	No	Uniqueness matters

Implementations

Table 15-2 lists commonly used collection type implementations, their interfaces, and whether or not they are ordered, sorted, and/or contain duplicates.

Table 15-2. Collection type implementations
Implementations	Interface	Ordered	Sorted	Dupes	Notes
`ArrayList`	`List`	Index	No	Yes	Fast resizable array
`LinkedList`	`List`	Index	No	Yes	Doubly linked list
`Vector`	`List`	Index	No	Yes	Legacy, synchronized
`HashMap`	`Map`	No	No	No	Key/value pairs
`Hashtable`	`Map`	No	No	No	Legacy, synchronized
`LinkedHashMap`	`Map`	Insertion, last access	No	No	Linked list/hash table
`TreeMap ...`