09/07/2025
1. Collection
These are the standard data structures like ArrayList, HashMap, HashSet, etc.
Not thread-safe: If multiple threads access them at the same time and at least one thread modifies the collection, you can get inconsistent data or exceptions (like ConcurrentModificationException).
You have to manually synchronize them using Collections.synchronizedList() or synchronized blocks
Concurrent Collection
These are part of the java.util.concurrent package.
Designed to work safely in multi-threaded environments.
They handle synchronization internally, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Examples:
ConcurrentHashMap
CopyOnWriteArrayList
ConcurrentLinkedQueue