This tutorial launches a short series introducing data structures and algorithms. In Part 1, you’ll learn what a data structure is and how data structures are classified.

Like arrays, which were introduced in Part 3 of this tutorial series, linked lists are a fundamental data structure category upon which more complex data structures can be based.

The Java Platform provides the most commonly used data structures in the form of the Collections Framework, and it provides a rich API to operate on them. This article explains the concepts behind ...