Differences between Collection and Collections in java
In this Collection framework tutorial we will learn what are differences between java.util.Collection and java.util.Collections in java.
java.util.Collection ​ is the root interface in the ​hierarchy of Java Collection framework​.
The JDK does not provide any classes which directly implements java.util.Collection interface, but it  provides classes such as ArrayList, LinkedList, vector, HashSet, EnumSet, LinkedHashSet, TreeSet, CopyOnWriteArrayList, CopyOnWriteArraySet, ConcurrentSkipListSet  which implements more specific subinterfaces like ​Set and List​ in java.


java.util.Collections is a utility class which consists of static methods that operate on or return Collection in java.
java.util.Collections provides method like >
  • reverse method for reversing List in java.
  • shuffle method for shuffling elements of List in java.
  • unmodifiableCollection, unmodifiableSet, unmodifiableList, unmodifiableMap methods for making List, Set and Map unmodifiable in java.
  • min method to return smallest element in Collection in java.
  • max method to return smallest element in Collection.
  • sort method for sorting List.
  • synchronizedCollection,  synchronizedSet, synchronizedList, synchronizedMap methods for synchronizing List, Set and Map respectively in java.


Additionally you must know that java.util.Collection and java.util.Collections both were introduced in second version of java i.e. in JDK 2.0.
So in this Collection framework tutorial we learned what are differences between java.util.Collection and java.util.Collections in java.



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