What is a Collection Framework in Java?

What is a Collection Framework in Java?

What is a Collection Framework in Java?

If we want to represent a group of an individual object as a single entity then we should go for collection. It contains several classes and interfaces which can be used to represent a group of an individual object as a single entity. You can perform following activity using Java collection framework,

• Add objects to the collection.
• Remove objects from the collection.
• Search for an object in the collection.
• Retrieve/get an object from the collection.
• Iterate through the collection for business-specific functionality.

We have 9 key interfaces of collection framework for understanding in a proper way..

1. Collection
2. List
3. Set
4. SortedSet
5. NavigableSet
6. Queue
7. Map
8. SortedMap
9. NavigableMap