4.1 Collection和Map的类继承关系

1.Collection vs Collections

首先，Collection和Collections是不同的概念，正如你从下面的继承关系图中可以看出， "Collection" 是Collection层次结构中的一个根接口，“Collections”是提供静态方法操作Collection类型的一个操作类。

Collection与Collections

2.集合的类层次关系

下图展示了Collection的类层次关系：

Collection继承关系

3.Map的类继承关系

Map的类层次关系

4.类总结

类总结

5.代码示例

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}