Is it better to use List or Collection?

Question

I have an object that stores some data in a list. The implementation could change later, and I don\'t want to expose the internal implementation to the end user. However, the us

Answer 1

It just depends, do you want your users to be able to index into the data? If yes, use List. Both are interfaces, so you're not leaking implementation details, really, you just need to decide the minimum functionality needed.