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How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 25 Jan 2010, 19:40
by mtgrares
How is Google's Collection code better than the standard collections?

Re: How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 25 Jan 2010, 19:49
by silly freak
google collections is just some utility code built ontop of standard java collections. one of the features, which is why we use it, is the easy creation of "soft maps", that is maps whose values may be discarded if there's not enough memory.

Re: How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 25 Jan 2010, 19:51
by DennisBergkamp
And, http://java.dzone.com/articles/introduction-google

gives some good reasons to use it :)

Re: How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 25 Jan 2010, 20:01
by mtgrares
Thanks.

Java seems to have hundreds (thousands) of libraries like Google Collections to choose from, how do you choose which ones to use?

Re: How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 26 Jan 2010, 03:35
by Huggybaby
First you start with what Snacko uses... :lol:

Re: How is the Google collection library better?

PostPosted: 28 Jan 2010, 20:49
by mtgrares
At least it is a start, ha.