what is difference between colection and collections?

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / harikrishna

collection is a interface impplemented by all other
interfaces like List,set..where as collections is a class.

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / t.vijay nath

Collection is the root interface in collection
hierarchy,groups multiple elements into a single unit, it
allows duplicate & non-duplicate elements which may be
ordered or unordered.
Collections is a class which extends Object class & it
consists exclusively static methods .It is a member of Java
Collections Framework.Collections are used to store,
retrieve, manipulate, and communicate aggregate data

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / appu

Collection is an interface which can be implemented the
List, Set,Sorted Set,and Queue. Where as Collections is an
utility class which contain the utility methods such as
sorting etc.

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / johnj

Harikrishna is right about Collections class...Collections
class is a member of Java Collections Framework.. Sandeep
Tyagi u can find that in sun java tutorial..

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / abhi

As above answers have some mistake.....

collection is a interface and collections is a utility classes

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / ravi velu

Abhi , You are right.

Collections is the Utility Class , But Collection is an
interface which is implemented in all Collection Classes.

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / mike

collection(lowercase c)represents any of the data
structures in which object are stored and iterated over.

Collection(Uppercase C)represents the interface which is
extended by three other interfaces(Set,List and Queue,Map
doesnt extend Collection interface).Guys,its extended not
implemented(hope you all know the difference between the
two,interface can extend interface,remember?)

Collections(upper case C with s at the end)this the
java.util.Collections class that holds a pile of static
methods for use with collections.

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / ravikiran

Collection is an interface which contains methods to access
the objects in a collection

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / abhay

Abhi , You are right.

Collection is an interface and collections is a utility classes

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what is difference between colection and collections?..

Answer / srinu

Collection is the interface. which can be implemented
List,set,Queue.This interface contain only instance methods.

Collection is the class .This class contain utility methods
such as all algorithm oriented methods.This class contain
only static methods.

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