Set不能包含重复的元素，而List可以。List(在Java中)也意味着顺序。

List是项的有序分组 Set是一个无序的项目分组，不允许重复(通常)

从概念上讲，我们通常将允许重复的无序分组称为Bag，而不允许重复的无序分组称为Set。

Java中List和Set之间的一些值得注意的区别如下:

1) Java中的List和Set之间的基本区别是允许重复元素。Java中的List允许重复，而Set不允许任何重复。如果在Set中插入duplicate，它将替换旧的值。Java中Set的任何实现都只包含唯一的元素。

2) Another significant difference between List and Set in Java is order. List is an Ordered Collection while Set is an unordered Collection. List maintains insertion order of elements, means any element which is inserted before will go on lower index than any element which is inserted after. Set in Java doesn't maintain any order. Though Set provide another alternative called SortedSet which can store Set elements in specific Sorting order defined by Comparable and Comparator methods of Objects stored in Set.

3) Java中比较流行的List接口实现有ArrayList, Vector和LinkedList。而流行的Set接口实现包括HashSet, TreeSet和LinkedHashSet。

很明显，如果你需要维护插入顺序或对象，你的集合可以包含重复的列表是一种方法。另一方面，如果您的要求是保持唯一的集合，没有任何重复，那么Set是最好的方法。

当我们讨论Java接口时，为什么不看看Javadoc呢?!

List是一个有序的集合(序列)，通常允许 重复的 集合是不包含重复元素的集合，迭代 顺序可以由实现来保证

这里没有提到关于集合的缺乏顺序:这取决于实现。

主题名称:列表VS集

我刚刚介绍了Java中最重要的主题——集合框架。我想和你分享我关于收藏的一点知识。其中最重要的是列表、集合、映射。让我们从List和Set开始。

List与Set的区别:

List is a collection class which extends AbstractList class where as Set is a collection class which extends AbstractSet class but both implements Collection interface. List interface allows duplicate values (elements) whereas Set interface does not allow duplicate values. In case of duplicate elements in Set, it replaces older values. List interface allows NULL values where as Set interface does not allow Null values. In case of using Null values in Set it gives NullPointerException. List interface maintains insertion order. That means the way we add the elements in the List in the same way we obtain it using iterator or for-each style. Whereas Set implementations do not necessarily maintain insertion order. (Although SortedSet does using TreeSet, and LinkedHashSet maintains insertion order). List interface has its own methods defined whereas Set interface does not have its own method so Set uses Collection interface methods only. List interface has one legacy class called Vector whereas Set interface does not have any legacy class Last but not the least... The listIterator() method can only be used to cycle through the elements within List Classes whereas we can use iterator() method to access Set class elements

还有什么要补充的吗?请让我知道。

谢谢。

这可能不是您想要的答案，但是集合类的JavaDoc实际上非常具有描述性。复制/粘贴:

An ordered collection (also known as a sequence). The user of this interface has precise control over where in the list each element is inserted. The user can access elements by their integer index (position in the list), and search for elements in the list. Unlike sets, lists typically allow duplicate elements. More formally, lists typically allow pairs of elements e1 and e2 such that e1.equals(e2), and they typically allow multiple null elements if they allow null elements at all. It is not inconceivable that someone might wish to implement a list that prohibits duplicates, by throwing runtime exceptions when the user attempts to insert them, but we expect this usage to be rare.