The Java Platform provides the most commonly used data structures in the form of the Collections Framework, and it provides a rich API to operate on them. In this first article in a two-part series, I ...

There are many ways to do anything in Java, and there is no conclusive right way. Often, the right way is simply the way you know best. Imperative loops like the for loop are the most basic way to do ...

Certain principles hold for the use of iterators: In general, you should be able to have multiple traversals in progress at the same time; that is, an iterator should allow for the concept of nested ...

I'm working with a code base that currently uses both collections4 and guava (and some LambdaJ), and I'm thinking of making a strong push towards eliminating one or the other. A bunch of stuff I've ...

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