Java collections framework

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The Java collections framework is a coupled set of classes and interfaces that implement commonly reusable collection data structures. It was designed and developed primarily by Joshua Bloch.

Although it is a framework, it works in a manner of a library.

[edit] See also

• Container (data structure)
• Standard Template Library

[edit] External links

• 'The Java Tutorials - Collections' by Josh Bloch
• 'The Collections Framework' (Sun Java SE 6 documentation)
• Generic Types
• Java Generics and Collections
• Taming Tiger: The Collections Framework
• Collections Lessons
• CollectionSpy — A profiler for Java's Collections Framework.