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What are the applications of collection framework in Java?
How are these collection classes different from each other?
ArrayList and LinkedList are both list implementations, but ArrayList uses an array to store elements while LinkedList uses a linked structure. HashSet and TreeMap are both set implementations, but HashSet does not maintain order while TreeMap is sorted by key. HashMap is a map implementation that uses a hash function to store and retrieve values based on keys.