
首先,“Collection”和“Collections”是两个不同的概念。正如你从下面结构图看到的,“Collection”是集合层次结构中的根接口,而“Collections”是一个类,它提供了一系列静态方法来操作集合。

下图展示了Collection的类层次结构。

以下是Map的类层次结构。


下面是一个简单的例子来说明一些集合类型:
List<String> a1 = new ArrayList<String>(); a1.add("Program"); a1.add("Creek"); a1.add("Java"); a1.add("Java"); System.out.println("ArrayList Elements"); System.out.print("\t" + a1 + "\n"); List<String> l1 = new LinkedList<String>(); l1.add("Program"); l1.add("Creek"); l1.add("Java"); l1.add("Java"); System.out.println("LinkedList Elements"); System.out.print("\t" + l1 + "\n"); Set<String> s1 = new HashSet<String>(); // or new TreeSet() will order the elements; s1.add("Program"); s1.add("Creek"); s1.add("Java"); s1.add("Java"); s1.add("tutorial"); System.out.println("Set Elements"); System.out.print("\t" + s1 + "\n"); Map<String, String> m1 = new HashMap<String, String>(); // or new TreeMap() will order based on keys m1.put("Windows", "2000"); m1.put("Windows", "XP"); m1.put("Language", "Java"); m1.put("Website", "programcreek.com"); System.out.println("Map Elements"); System.out.print("\t" + m1);
输出:
ArrayList Elements [Program, Creek, Java, Java] LinkedList Elements [Program, Creek, Java, Java] Set Elements [tutorial, Creek, Program, Java] Map Elements {Windows=XP, Website=programcreek.com, Language=Java}