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34 Java Collections Interview Questions
In Java, collection interview questions are most asked by the interviewers, Here is the list of the most
asked collections interview questions with answers.
1) What is the Collection framework in Java?
Collection Framework is a combination of classes and interface, which is used to store and
manipulate the data in the form of objects. It provides various classes such as ArrayList, Vector,
Stack, and HashSet, etc. and interfaces such as List, Queue, Set, etc. for this purpose.
2) What are the main differences between array and collection?
Array and Collection are somewhat similar regarding storing the references of objects and
manipulating the data, but they differ in many ways. The main differences between the array and
Collection are defined below:
© Arrays are always of fixed size, ie., a user can not increase or decrease the length of the array
according to their requirement or at runtime, but In Collection, size can be changed
dynamically as per need.
© Arrays can only store homogeneous or similar type objects, but in Collection, heterogeneous
objects can be stored.
© Arrays cannot provide the ?ready-made? methods for user requirements as sorting,
searching, etc, but Collection includes readymade methods to use.
3) Explain various interfaces used in Collection framework?
Collection framework implements various interfaces, Collection interface and Map interface
(ava.utilMap) are the mainly used interfaces of Java Collection Framework. List of interfaces of
Collection Framework is given belo
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1. Collection interface: Collection (java.util.Collection) is the primary interface, and every collection
must implement this interface.
Syntax:
public interface Collection extends Iterable
Where represents that this interface is of Generic type
2. List interface: List interface extends the Collection interface, and it is an ordered collection of
objects. It contains duplicate elements. It also allows random access of elements.
Syntax:
| public interface List extends Collection
3. Set interface: Set (java.util.Set) interface is a collection which cannot contain duplicate elements.
It can only include inherited methods of Collection interface
Syntax:
interface Set extends Collection
[=
Queue interface: Queue (java.util. Queue) interface defines queue data structure, which stores the
elements in the form FIFO (first in first out)
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Syntax:
public interface Queue extends Collection
4, Dequeue interface: it is a double-ended-queue. It allows the insertion and removal of elements
from both ends. it implants the properties of both Stack and queue so it can perform LIFO (Last in
first out) stack and FIFO (first in first out) queue, operations.
Syntax:
public interface Dequeue extends Queue
5. Map interface: A Map (java.util.Map) represents a key, value pair storage of elements. Map
interface does not implement the Collection interface. It can only contain a unique key but can have
duplicate elements, There are two interfaces which implement Map in java that are Map interface
and Sorted Map.
4) What is the difference between ArrayList and Vector?
No, ArrayList Vector
1) ArrayList is not synchronized. Vector is synchronized.
2) ArrayList is not a legacy class. Vector is a legacy class.
3) ArrayList increases its size by 50% of the Vector increases its size by doubling the array
array size. size.
4) ArrayList is not ?thread-safe? as it is not Vector list ic ?thread-cafe? ac it? extends Queue list=new Arraylist();
list.add(‘ankit’);
list.add(“nippun");
System.out.printin(list.size();
28) How to convert ArrayList to Array and Array to ArrayList?
We can convert an Array to ArrayList by using the asList()
the static method of Arrays class and accepts the List obje
Arrays.asList(item)
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We can convert an ArrayList to Array using toArray) method of the ArrayList class. Consider the
following syntax to convert the ArrayList to the List object
List_object:toArray(new String[List_objectsize(])
29) How to make Java ArrayList Read-Only?
We can obtain java ArrayList Read-only by calling the Collections.unmodifiableCollection() method
When we define an ArrayList as Read-only then we cannot perform any modification in the
collection through add(), remove() or set() method.
30) How to remove duplicates from ArrayList?
There are two ways to remove duplicates from the ArrayList.
© Using HashSet: By using HashSet we can remove the duplicate element from the ArrayList,
but it will not then preserve the insertion order.
© Using LinkedHashSet: We can also maintain the insertion order by using LinkedHashSet
instead of HashSet.
The Process to remove duplicate elements from ArrayList using the LinkedHashSet:
© Copy all the elements of ArrayList to LinkedHashSet.
© Empty the ArrayList using clear) method, which will remove all the elements from the list.
© Now copy all the elements of LinkedHashset to ArrayList
31) How to reverse ArrayList?
To reverse an ArrayList, we can use reverse() method of Collections class, Consider the following
example
import java.util ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.terator,
import java.util.List;
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public class ReverseArrayList {
public static void main(String{] args) {
List list = new ArrayList0;
listadd(10);
listadd(50);
listadd(30);
Iterator i = listiterator();
System.out printin("printing the list..."
while(,hasNext()
System.out printin(inextQ);
}
Iterator i2 = listiterator();
Collections.reverse(list);
System.out printin("printing list in reverse order.
(i2.hasNextQ)
System.out printin(i2.nextQ);
Output
printing the list
10
printing list in reverse order
50
10
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32) How to sort ArrayList in descending order?
To sort the ArrayList in descending order, we can use the reverseOrder method of Collections class.
Consider the following example.
import java.util ArrayList;
import java.util,Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util, Comparator,
import java.util.|terator;
import java.util.List;
public class ReverseArrayList (
al] args) {
List list = new Arraylist0;
list.add(10);
listadd(50);
listadd(30);
listadd(60);
listadd(20);
list.add(90);
public static void main(St
Iterator i = listiteratord;
System.out printin("printing the list...");
while(ihasNext()
{
System.out printin(inextQ);
Comparator cmp = Collections.reverseOrder();
Collections sort(list,cmp);
System.out printin(’printing list in descending order.
Iterator i2 = list.iterator(;
while(i2.hasNext0)
{
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System.out printin(i2.next0);
Output
printing the list
10
58
30
60
20
printing 1
90
in descending order.
68
50
30
20
33) How to synchronize ArrayList?
We can synchronize ArrayList in two ways.
© Using Collections synchronizedList) method
© Using CopyOnWriteArrayList
34) When to use ArrayList and LinkedList?
LinkedLists are better to use for the update operations w
search operations.
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