Runtime Complexity of Java Collections

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Below are the Big O performance of common functions of different Java Collections.


List                 | Add  | Remove | Get  | Contains | Next | Data Structure
---------------------|------|--------|------|----------|------|---------------
ArrayList            | O(1) |  O(n)  | O(1) |   O(n)   | O(1) | Array
LinkedList           | O(1) |  O(1)  | O(n) |   O(n)   | O(1) | Linked List
CopyOnWriteArrayList | O(n) |  O(n)  | O(1) |   O(n)   | O(1) | Array



Set                   |    Add   |  Remove  | Contains |   Next   | Size | Data Structure
----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|-------------------------
HashSet               | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(h/n)   | O(1) | Hash Table
LinkedHashSet         | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1) | Hash Table + Linked List
EnumSet               | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1)     | O(1) | Bit Vector
TreeSet               | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(1) | Red-black tree
CopyOnWriteArraySet   | O(n)     | O(n)     | O(n)     | O(1)     | O(1) | Array
ConcurrentSkipListSet | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(1)     | O(n) | Skip List



Queue                   |  Offer   | Peak |   Poll   | Remove | Size | Data Structure
------------------------|----------|------|----------|--------|------|---------------
PriorityQueue           | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) |  O(n)  | O(1) | Priority Heap
LinkedList              | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(1)  | O(1) | Array
ArrayDequeue            | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(n)  | O(1) | Linked List
ConcurrentLinkedQueue   | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(n)  | O(n) | Linked List
ArrayBlockingQueue      | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(n)  | O(1) | Array
PriorirityBlockingQueue | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) |  O(n)  | O(1) | Priority Heap
SynchronousQueue        | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(n)  | O(1) | None!
DelayQueue              | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) |  O(n)  | O(1) | Priority Heap
LinkedBlockingQueue     | O(1)     | O(1) | O(1)     |  O(n)  | O(1) | Linked List



Map                   |   Get    | ContainsKey |   Next   | Data Structure
----------------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------------------
HashMap               | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(h / n) | Hash Table
LinkedHashMap         | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(1)     | Hash Table + Linked List
IdentityHashMap       | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(h / n) | Array
WeakHashMap           | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(h / n) | Hash Table
EnumMap               | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(1)     | Array
TreeMap               | O(log n) |   O(log n)  | O(log n) | Red-black tree
ConcurrentHashMap     | O(1)     |   O(1)      | O(h / n) | Hash Tables
ConcurrentSkipListMap | O(log n) |   O(log n)  | O(1)     | Skip List

PriorityQueue remove() without arguments, it calls poll() which is same as o(log n), and remove(Object) internally calls its private methods which uses comparator so it is also O(log n)