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Applications often must manage collections of objects. Although you can use arrays for this purpose, they are not always a good choice. For example, arrays have fixed sizes, making it tricky to determine an optimal size when you need to store a variable number of objects. Also, arrays can be indexed by integers only, making them unsuitable for mapping arbitrary objects to other objects.
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Späth, P., Friesen, J. (2020). Exploring the Collections Framework. In: Learn Java for Android Development. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5943-6_9
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