Calendar class in Java is an abstract super class that is designed to support different kinds of calendar systems. It is used to know system data and time information. Java Calendar class provides some specific functionality that is common to most calendar systems and makes that functionality available to the … Read more
StringTokenizer in Java is a utility class that breaks a string into pieces or multiple strings called “tokens”. For example, strings separated by space and tab characters are tokens. These tokens are separated with the help of a delimiter. A Delimiter is a group of characters that separate tokens. Each … Read more
Comparator in Java is an interface whose task is to compare objects of a user-defined class when the class does not implement the Comparable interface. In other words, Java Comparator is used when: Objects to be ordered do not have a natural ordering defined by Comparable interface. You want to … Read more
Comparable interface in Java defines compareTo() method for comparing objects of the same type. In other words, Comparable interface defines a standard way in which two objects of the same class will be compared. It is mainly used to provide the natural sorting order of objects (elements). The natural ordering … Read more
A Stack in Java is a collection (or group) of elements stored in the last in first out (LIFO) order. In other words, a stack is a data structure that stores data in last-in, first-out fashion. This means an element that is stored as a last element into the stack, … Read more
ArrayDeque in Java is a concrete class that creates a dynamic array (resizable array) to store its elements from both sides of the queue. It provides a resizable-array implementation of deque interface. Therefore, it is also known as array double-ended queue or simply array deck. Since ArrayDeque has no capacity … Read more
A double ended queue or deque in Java is a linear data structure that supports insertion and removal of elements from both ends (head and tail). It is usually pronounced “deck”, not “de queue”. Java deque is an extended version of queue to handle a double-ended queue. It extends Queue … Read more