This practical book contains comprehensive coverage of the important Collection Library supplied with Java 2. Collections are now built into Java 2 because they provide programmers with incredibly efficient ways to manipulate data. However, given the large number of possible functions and classes in this library, using them correctly is hardly a piece of cake. Zukowski gives the Java professional exactly what he or she needs to know (TM) about this vital library. This is the only practical book with comprehensive coverage of the Collection Libary.Contents:@Introduction@Part I: The Historical Collection Classes@Arrays@The Vector and Stack Classes@The Enumeration Interface@The Dictionary, Hashtable and Properties Classes Part II: The Collections Framework@Collections@Sets@Sequences and Lists@Maps@Sorting@Special Collection Implementations@Array Algorithm Support@Creating Custom Implementations@Usage Issues@Advanced Usages/Examples Part III: Alternative Collection Libraries@The Generic Collection Libary for Java (JGL)@Doug Lea's util.concurrent@Colt Appendices@Collections API Reference