Gain insights into Java Collections Framework. Delve into lists, sets, and hashmaps. Learn about data modification, sorting, thread-safety, and internal workings for efficient usage.

Collection is one of the most important topics for Java programming. Without the proper knowledge of every collection type in Java, it becomes difficult for you to decide which option to pick in a particular scenario.

This course will give you a great understanding of all collection types available in the Collections Framework like lists, linked lists, sets, and hashmaps. 

After completing this course, you will know how data can be modified within a collection, how to sort a collection, and how it can be made thread-safe. You will also cover the internal working of each Java collection so you can work with them more efficiently.

Collections in Java

## Finding the minimum element in a Collection

The `min(Collection c)` method can be used to find the minimum element in a **Collection**. The elements present in the **Collection** must implement the **Comparable** interface. If the elements do not implement the Comparable interface, we can use another overloaded method, `min(Collection c, Comparator comp)`. This method takes a **Comparator** as an argument that is used to compare the elements. This method iterates over the entire collection; hence it requires time proportional to the size of the collection.

# Finding the minimum element in a Collection

The `min(Collection c)` method can be used to find the minimum element in a **Collection**. The elements present in the **Collection** must implement the **Comparable** interface. If the elements do not implement the Comparable interface, we can use another overloaded method, `min(Collection c, Comparator comp)`. This method takes a **Comparator** as an argument that is used to compare the elements. This method iterates over the entire collection; hence it requires time proportional to the size of the collection.

Let's look at how we can find the min and max elements in a Collection.

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Lists in Java

LinkedList in Java

CopyOnWriteArrayList in Java

Sets in Java

TreeSet in Java

HashMap In Java

TreeMap in Java

LinkedHashMap in Java

Additional Map Implementations

Arrays Class

Collections Class

Finding the Min and Max element

Finding the minimum element in a Collection