What is commons-collections.jar or commons-collections4.jar?

commons-collections.jar is the Java library of Apache Commons Collections. commons-collections4.jar is the Java library of Apache Commons Collections Version 4.

Apache Commons Collections seeks to build upon the JDK classes by providing new interfaces, implementations and utilities. There are many features, including:

• Bag interface for collections that have a number of copies of each object
• BidiMap interface for maps that can be looked up from value to key as well and key to value
• MapIterator interface to provide simple and quick iteration over maps
• Transforming decorators that alter each object as it is added to the collection
• Composite collections that make multiple collections look like one
• Ordered maps and sets that retain the order elements are added in, including an LRU based map
• Reference map that allows keys and/or values to be garbage collected under close control
• Many comparator implementations
• Many iterator implementations
• Adapter classes from array and enumerations to collections
• Utilities to test or create typical set-theory properties of collections such as union, intersection, and closure

Releases of Apache Commons Collections Java library, commons-collections.jar:

JAR Name               Version   FYI   Date
--------               -------   ---   ----
commons-collections4   4.2       src   2018-07-11
commons-collections4   4.1             2016-02-02 
commons-collections4   4.0             2013-11-24
commons-collections    3.2.2     bin   2015-11-14
commons-collections    3.2.1           2013-03-03
commons-collections    3.2             2006-05-14
commons-collections    3.1             2004-06-23
commons-collections    3.0             2004-01-25
commons-collections    2.1.1     bin   2004-05-29
collections            2.0             2002-12-27
collections            1.0       bin   2002-12-27

For more information, see Apache Commons Collections home page.

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