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What specific implementations of collection interfaces have you used in your projects?

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In Java projects, I often used the following implementations of collection interfaces:

  • List: ArrayList for dynamic arrays with quick access by index, LinkedList when fast insertion/deletion in the middle of the list is needed.
  • Set: HashSet for storing unique elements with quick access, LinkedHashSet if insertion order is important, TreeSet for sorted sets.
  • Map: HashMap for associative arrays with quick access, LinkedHashMap to preserve insertion order, TreeMap for sorted key-value mappings.

Example of using HashMap:

Map<String, Integer> wordCount = new HashMap<>();
wordCount.put("apple", 3);
wordCount.put("banana", 2);
int count = wordCount.getOrDefault("apple", 0);
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