Add CollectionUtils class to create generic collection easily

Change-Id: I6b4de9187e122298e5e9cd8ddc9070d062df6a89

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/accessibility/KeyCodeDescriptionMapper.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Key;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardId;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class KeyCodeDescriptionMapper {
     private static KeyCodeDescriptionMapper sInstance = new KeyCodeDescriptionMapper();
 
     // Map of key labels to spoken description resource IDs
-    private final HashMap<CharSequence, Integer> mKeyLabelMap;
+    private final HashMap<CharSequence, Integer> mKeyLabelMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     // Sparse array of spoken description resource IDs indexed by key codes
     private final SparseIntArray mKeyCodeMap;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ public class KeyCodeDescriptionMapper {
     }
 
     private KeyCodeDescriptionMapper() {
-        mKeyLabelMap = new HashMap<CharSequence, Integer>();
         mKeyCodeMap = new SparseIntArray();
     }
 

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/SuggestionSpanUtils.java

@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.inputmethod.compat;
 
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver;
-
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
@@ -27,6 +23,11 @@ import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ public class SuggestionSpanUtils {
         } else {
             spannable = new SpannableString(pickedWord);
         }
-        final ArrayList<String> suggestionsList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        final ArrayList<String> suggestionsList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (int i = 0; i < suggestedWords.size(); ++i) {
             if (suggestionsList.size() >= OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE) {
                 break;

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/Keyboard.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.KeyStyles;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.KeyboardCodesSet;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.KeyboardIconsSet;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.KeyboardTextsSet;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LocaleUtils.RunInLocale;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
@@ -254,9 +255,9 @@ public class Keyboard {
         public int GRID_WIDTH;
         public int GRID_HEIGHT;
 
-        public final HashSet<Key> mKeys = new HashSet<Key>();
+        public final HashSet<Key> mKeys = CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
-        public final ArrayList<Key> mShiftKeys = new ArrayList<Key>();
+        public final ArrayList<Key> mShiftKeys = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-        public final ArrayList<Key> mAltCodeKeysWhileTyping = new ArrayList<Key>();
+        public final ArrayList<Key> mAltCodeKeysWhileTyping = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         public final KeyboardIconsSet mIconsSet = new KeyboardIconsSet();
         public final KeyboardCodesSet mCodesSet = new KeyboardCodesSet();
         public final KeyboardTextsSet mTextsSet = new KeyboardTextsSet();

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodSubtype;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.compat.EditorInfoCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardLayoutSet.Params.ElementParams;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.InputAttributes;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.InputTypeUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class KeyboardLayoutSet {
     private final Params mParams;
 
     private static final HashMap<KeyboardId, SoftReference<Keyboard>> sKeyboardCache =
-            new HashMap<KeyboardId, SoftReference<Keyboard>>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     private static final KeysCache sKeysCache = new KeysCache();
 
     public static class KeyboardLayoutSetException extends RuntimeException {
@@ -84,11 +85,7 @@ public class KeyboardLayoutSet {
     }
 
     public static class KeysCache {
-        private final HashMap<Key, Key> mMap;
+        private final HashMap<Key, Key> mMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-
-        public KeysCache() {
-            mMap = new HashMap<Key, Key>();
-        }
 
         public void clear() {
             mMap.clear();

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.PreviewPlacerView;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public class KeyboardView extends View implements PointerTracker.DrawingProxy {
     /** True if all keys should be drawn */
     private boolean mInvalidateAllKeys;
     /** The keys that should be drawn */
-    private final HashSet<Key> mInvalidatedKeys = new HashSet<Key>();
+    private final HashSet<Key> mInvalidatedKeys = CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
     /** The working rectangle variable */
     private final Rect mWorkingRect = new Rect();
     /** The keyboard bitmap buffer for faster updates */

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/PointerTracker.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import com.android.inputmethod.accessibility.AccessibilityUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.GestureStroke;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.PointerTrackerQueue;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.InputPointers;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.define.ProductionFlag;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class PointerTracker implements PointerTrackerQueue.Element {
     private static int sTouchNoiseThresholdDistanceSquared;
     private static boolean sNeedsPhantomSuddenMoveEventHack;
 
-    private static final ArrayList<PointerTracker> sTrackers = new ArrayList<PointerTracker>();
+    private static final ArrayList<PointerTracker> sTrackers = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
     private static final InputPointers sAggregratedPointers = new InputPointers(
             GestureStroke.DEFAULT_CAPACITY);
     private static PointerTrackerQueue sPointerTrackerQueue;

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard.CODE_UNSPECIFIED;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StringUtils;
 
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ public class KeySpecParser {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
 
-        final ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<T>(end - start);
+        final ArrayList<T> list = CollectionUtils.newArrayList(end - start);
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
             list.add(array[i]);
         }
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ public class KeySpecParser {
                 // Skip empty entry.
                 if (pos - start > 0) {
                     if (list == null) {
-                        list = new ArrayList<String>();
+                        list = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
                     }
                     list.add(text.substring(start, pos));
                 }

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyStyles.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.XmlParseUtils;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class KeyStyles {
     private static final String TAG = KeyStyles.class.getSimpleName();
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
 
-    final HashMap<String, KeyStyle> mStyles = new HashMap<String, KeyStyle>();
+    final HashMap<String, KeyStyle> mStyles = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     final KeyboardTextsSet mTextsSet;
     private final KeyStyle mEmptyKeyStyle;

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardCodesSet.java

@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 public class KeyboardCodesSet {
-    private static final HashMap<String, int[]> sLanguageToCodesMap =
+    private static final HashMap<String, int[]> sLanguageToCodesMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-            new HashMap<String, int[]>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
     private int[] mCodes = DEFAULT;
 

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardIconsSet.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.SparseIntArray;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class KeyboardIconsSet {
     private static final SparseIntArray ATTR_ID_TO_ICON_ID = new SparseIntArray();
 
     // Icon name to icon id map.
-    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     private static final Object[] NAMES_AND_ATTR_IDS = {
         "undefined",                    ATTR_UNDEFINED,

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -45,14 +46,12 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
  */
 public final class KeyboardTextsSet {
     // Language to texts map.
-    private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap =
+    private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-            new HashMap<String, String[]>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap =
-            new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
     private String[] mTexts;
     // Resource name to text map.
-    private HashMap<String, String> mResourceNameToTextsMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    private HashMap<String, String> mResourceNameToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     public void setLanguage(final String language) {
         mTexts = sLocaleToTextsMap.get(language);

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/PointerTrackerQueue.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
 
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class PointerTrackerQueue {
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ public class PointerTrackerQueue {
 
     private static final int INITIAL_CAPACITY = 10;
     private final ArrayList<Element> mExpandableArrayOfActivePointers =
-            new ArrayList<Element>(INITIAL_CAPACITY);
+            CollectionUtils.newArrayList(INITIAL_CAPACITY);
     private int mArraySize = 0;
 
     public synchronized int size() {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AdditionalSubtype.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class AdditionalSubtype {
         }
         final String[] prefSubtypeArray = prefSubtypes.split(PREF_SUBTYPE_SEPARATOR);
         final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> subtypesList =
-                new ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype>(prefSubtypeArray.length);
+                CollectionUtils.newArrayList(prefSubtypeArray.length);
         for (final String prefSubtype : prefSubtypeArray) {
             final InputMethodSubtype subtype = createAdditionalSubtype(prefSubtype);
             if (subtype.getNameResId() == SubtypeLocale.UNKNOWN_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT) {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AdditionalSubtypeSettings.java

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class AdditionalSubtypeSettings extends PreferenceFragment {
             super(context, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
             setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
 
-            final TreeSet<SubtypeLocaleItem> items = new TreeSet<SubtypeLocaleItem>();
+            final TreeSet<SubtypeLocaleItem> items = CollectionUtils.newTreeSet();
             final InputMethodInfo imi = ImfUtils.getInputMethodInfoOfThisIme(context);
             final int count = imi.getSubtypeCount();
             for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ public class AdditionalSubtypeSettings extends PreferenceFragment {
 
     private InputMethodSubtype[] getSubtypes() {
         final PreferenceGroup group = getPreferenceScreen();
-        final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> subtypes = new ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype>();
+        final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> subtypes = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         final int count = group.getPreferenceCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
             final Preference pref = group.getPreference(i);

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionary.java

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class BinaryDictionary extends Dictionary {
                 mUseFullEditDistance, mOutputChars, mOutputScores, mSpaceIndices, mOutputTypes);
         final int count = Math.min(tmpCount, MAX_PREDICTIONS);
 
-        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (int j = 0; j < count; ++j) {
             if (composerSize > 0 && mOutputScores[j] < 1) break;
             final int start = j * MAX_WORD_LENGTH;

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryFileDumper.java

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class BinaryDictionaryFileDumper {
         }
 
         try {
-            final List<WordListInfo> list = new ArrayList<WordListInfo>();
+            final List<WordListInfo> list = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
             do {
                 final String wordListId = c.getString(0);
                 final String wordListLocale = c.getString(1);
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class BinaryDictionaryFileDumper {
         final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
         final List<WordListInfo> idList = getWordListWordListInfos(locale, context,
                 hasDefaultWordList);
-        final List<AssetFileAddress> fileAddressList = new ArrayList<AssetFileAddress>();
+        final List<AssetFileAddress> fileAddressList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (WordListInfo id : idList) {
             final AssetFileAddress afd = cacheWordList(id.mId, id.mLocale, resolver, context);
             if (null != afd) {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryGetter.java

@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ class BinaryDictionaryGetter {
             final Context context) {
         final File[] directoryList = getCachedDirectoryList(context);
         if (null == directoryList) return EMPTY_FILE_ARRAY;
-        final HashMap<String, FileAndMatchLevel> cacheFiles =
+        final HashMap<String, FileAndMatchLevel> cacheFiles = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-                new HashMap<String, FileAndMatchLevel>();
         for (File directory : directoryList) {
             if (!directory.isDirectory()) continue;
             final String dirLocale = getWordListIdFromFileName(directory.getName());
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@ class BinaryDictionaryGetter {
             }
             final int formatVersion = raf.readInt();
             final int headerSize = raf.readInt();
-            final HashMap<String, String> options = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            final HashMap<String, String> options = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
             BinaryDictInputOutput.populateOptionsFromFile(raf, headerSize, options);
             final String version = options.get(VERSION_KEY);
             if (null == version) {
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@ class BinaryDictionaryGetter {
         final DictPackSettings dictPackSettings = new DictPackSettings(context);
 
         boolean foundMainDict = false;
-        final ArrayList<AssetFileAddress> fileList = new ArrayList<AssetFileAddress>();
+        final ArrayList<AssetFileAddress> fileList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         // cachedWordLists may not be null, see doc for getCachedDictionaryList
         for (final File f : cachedWordLists) {
             final String wordListId = getWordListIdFromFileName(f.getName());

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/CollectionUtils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+
+public class CollectionUtils {
+    private CollectionUtils() {
+        // This utility class is not publicly instantiable.
+    }
+
+    public static <K,V> HashMap<K,V> newHashMap() {
+        return new HashMap<K,V>();
+    }
+
+    public static <K,V> TreeMap<K,V> newTreeMap() {
+        return new TreeMap<K,V>();
+    }
+
+    public static <K, V> Map<K,V> newSynchronizedTreeMap() {
+        final TreeMap<K,V> treeMap = newTreeMap();
+        return Collections.synchronizedMap(treeMap);
+    }
+
+    public static <K,V> ConcurrentHashMap<K,V> newConcurrentHashMap() {
+        return new ConcurrentHashMap<K,V>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> HashSet<E> newHashSet() {
+        return new HashSet<E>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> TreeSet<E> newTreeSet() {
+        return new TreeSet<E>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList() {
+        return new ArrayList<E>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList(final int initialCapacity) {
+        return new ArrayList<E>(initialCapacity);
+    }
+
+    public static <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList(final Collection<E> collection) {
+        return new ArrayList<E>(collection);
+    }
+
+    public static <E> LinkedList<E> newLinkedList() {
+        return new LinkedList<E>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> CopyOnWriteArrayList<E> newCopyOnWriteArrayList() {
+        return new CopyOnWriteArrayList<E>();
+    }
+
+    public static <E> CopyOnWriteArrayList<E> newCopyOnWriteArrayList(
+            final Collection<E> collection) {
+        return new CopyOnWriteArrayList<E>(collection);
+    }
+
+    public static <E> CopyOnWriteArrayList<E> newCopyOnWriteArrayList(final E[] array) {
+        return new CopyOnWriteArrayList<E>(array);
+    }
+}

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryCollection.java

@@ -35,22 +35,22 @@ public class DictionaryCollection extends Dictionary {
 
     public DictionaryCollection(final String dictType) {
         super(dictType);
-        mDictionaries = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Dictionary>();
+        mDictionaries = CollectionUtils.newCopyOnWriteArrayList();
     }
 
     public DictionaryCollection(final String dictType, Dictionary... dictionaries) {
         super(dictType);
         if (null == dictionaries) {
-            mDictionaries = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Dictionary>();
+            mDictionaries = CollectionUtils.newCopyOnWriteArrayList();
         } else {
-            mDictionaries = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Dictionary>(dictionaries);
+            mDictionaries = CollectionUtils.newCopyOnWriteArrayList(dictionaries);
             mDictionaries.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));
         }
     }
 
     public DictionaryCollection(final String dictType, Collection<Dictionary> dictionaries) {
         super(dictType);
-        mDictionaries = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Dictionary>(dictionaries);
+        mDictionaries = CollectionUtils.newCopyOnWriteArrayList(dictionaries);
         mDictionaries.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class DictionaryCollection extends Dictionary {
         // dictionary and add the rest to it if not null, hence the get(0)
         ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = dictionaries.get(0).getSuggestions(composer,
                 prevWord, proximityInfo);
-        if (null == suggestions) suggestions = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        if (null == suggestions) suggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         final int length = dictionaries.size();
         for (int i = 1; i < length; ++ i) {
             final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> sugg = dictionaries.get(i).getSuggestions(composer,

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryFactory.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class DictionaryFactory {
                     createBinaryDictionary(context, locale));
         }
 
-        final LinkedList<Dictionary> dictList = new LinkedList<Dictionary>();
+        final LinkedList<Dictionary> dictList = CollectionUtils.newLinkedList();
         final ArrayList<AssetFileAddress> assetFileList =
                 BinaryDictionaryGetter.getDictionaryFiles(locale, context);
         if (null != assetFileList) {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/ExpandableBinaryDictionary.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ abstract public class ExpandableBinaryDictionary extends Dictionary {
      * that filename.
      */
     private static final HashMap<String, DictionaryController> sSharedDictionaryControllers =
-            new HashMap<String, DictionaryController>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     /** The application context. */
     protected final Context mContext;
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ abstract public class ExpandableBinaryDictionary extends Dictionary {
      * the native side.
      */
     public void clearFusionDictionary() {
+        final HashMap<String, String> attributes = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
         mFusionDictionary = new FusionDictionary(new Node(),
-                new FusionDictionary.DictionaryOptions(new HashMap<String, String>(), false, 
+                new FusionDictionary.DictionaryOptions(attributes, false, false));
-                        false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ abstract public class ExpandableBinaryDictionary extends Dictionary {
             mFusionDictionary.add(word, frequency, null);
         } else {
             // TODO: Do this in the subclass, with this class taking an arraylist.
-            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets = new ArrayList<WeightedString>();
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
             shortcutTargets.add(new WeightedString(shortcutTarget, frequency));
             mFusionDictionary.add(word, frequency, shortcutTargets);
         }

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/ExpandableDictionary.java

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class ExpandableDictionary extends Dictionary {
             childNode.mTerminal = true;
             if (isShortcutOnly) {
                 if (null == childNode.mShortcutTargets) {
-                    childNode.mShortcutTargets = new ArrayList<char[]>();
+                    childNode.mShortcutTargets = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
                 }
                 childNode.mShortcutTargets.add(shortcutTarget.toCharArray());
             } else {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class ExpandableDictionary extends Dictionary {
             return suggestions;
         } else {
             if (TextUtils.isEmpty(prevWord)) return null;
-            final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+            final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
             runBigramReverseLookUp(prevWord, suggestions);
             return suggestions;
         }
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class ExpandableDictionary extends Dictionary {
 
     protected ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> getWordsInner(final WordComposer codes,
             final CharSequence prevWordForBigrams, final ProximityInfo proximityInfo) {
-        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         mInputLength = codes.size();
         if (mCodes.length < mInputLength) mCodes = new int[mInputLength][];
         final InputPointers ips = codes.getInputPointers();
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ public class ExpandableDictionary extends Dictionary {
         Node secondWord = searchWord(mRoots, word2, 0, null);
         LinkedList<NextWord> bigrams = firstWord.mNGrams;
         if (bigrams == null || bigrams.size() == 0) {
-            firstWord.mNGrams = new LinkedList<NextWord>();
+            firstWord.mNGrams = CollectionUtils.newLinkedList();
             bigrams = firstWord.mNGrams;
         } else {
             for (NextWord nw : bigrams) {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LocaleUtils.java

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class LocaleUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    private static final HashMap<String, Locale> sLocaleCache = new HashMap<String, Locale>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Locale> sLocaleCache = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     /**
      * Creates a locale from a string specification.

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SettingsValues.java

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class SettingsValues {
 
     // Helper functions to create member values.
     private static SuggestedWords createSuggestPuncList(final String[] puncs) {
-        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> puncList = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> puncList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         if (puncs != null) {
             for (final String puncSpec : puncs) {
                 puncList.add(new SuggestedWordInfo(KeySpecParser.getLabel(puncSpec),

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/StringUtils.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(csv)) return "";
         final String[] elements = csv.split(",");
         if (!containsInArray(key, elements)) return csv;
-        final ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(elements.length - 1);
+        final ArrayList<String> result = CollectionUtils.newArrayList(elements.length - 1);
         for (final String element : elements) {
             if (!key.equals(element)) result.add(element);
         }

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeLocale.java

@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ public class SubtypeLocale {
     private static String[] sPredefinedKeyboardLayoutSet;
     // Keyboard layout to its display name map.
     private static final HashMap<String, String> sKeyboardLayoutToDisplayNameMap =
-            new HashMap<String, String>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     // Keyboard layout to subtype name resource id map.
     private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sKeyboardLayoutToNameIdsMap =
-            new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     // Exceptional locale to subtype name resource id map.
     private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sExceptionalLocaleToWithLayoutNameIdsMap =
-            new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     private static final String SUBTYPE_NAME_RESOURCE_GENERIC_PREFIX =
             "string/subtype_generic_";
     private static final String SUBTYPE_NAME_RESOURCE_WITH_LAYOUT_PREFIX =
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ public class SubtypeLocale {
             "string/subtype_no_language_";
     // Exceptional locales to display name map.
     private static final HashMap<String, String> sExceptionalDisplayNamesMap =
-            new HashMap<String, String>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     // Keyboard layout set name for the subtypes that don't have a keyboardLayoutSet extra value.
     // This is for compatibility to keep the same subtype ids as pre-JellyBean.
     private static final HashMap<String,String> sLocaleAndExtraValueToKeyboardLayoutSetMap =
-            new HashMap<String,String>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     private SubtypeLocale() {
         // Intentional empty constructor for utility class.

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class Suggest {
     private Dictionary mMainDictionary;
     private ContactsBinaryDictionary mContactsDict;
     private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Dictionary> mDictionaries =
-            new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Dictionary>();
+            CollectionUtils.newConcurrentHashMap();
 
     public static final int MAX_SUGGESTIONS = 18;
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public class Suggest {
         }
 
         final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestionsContainer =
-                new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>(suggestionsSet);
+                CollectionUtils.newArrayList(suggestionsSet);
         final int suggestionsCount = suggestionsContainer.size();
         final boolean isFirstCharCapitalized = wordComposer.isFirstCharCapitalized();
         final boolean isAllUpperCase = wordComposer.isAllUpperCase();
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class Suggest {
         }
 
         final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestionsContainer =
-                new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>(suggestionsSet);
+                CollectionUtils.newArrayList(suggestionsSet);
         final int suggestionsCount = suggestionsContainer.size();
         final boolean isFirstCharCapitalized = wordComposer.wasShiftedNoLock();
         final boolean isAllUpperCase = wordComposer.isAllUpperCase();
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public class Suggest {
         typedWordInfo.setDebugString("+");
         final int suggestionsSize = suggestions.size();
         final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestionsList =
-                new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>(suggestionsSize);
+                CollectionUtils.newArrayList(suggestionsSize);
         suggestionsList.add(typedWordInfo);
         // Note: i here is the index in mScores[], but the index in mSuggestions is one more
         // than i because we added the typed word to mSuggestions without touching mScores.
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public class Suggest {
     }
 
     public void close() {
-        final HashSet<Dictionary> dictionaries = new HashSet<Dictionary>();
+        final HashSet<Dictionary> dictionaries = CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
         dictionaries.addAll(mDictionaries.values());
         for (final Dictionary dictionary : dictionaries) {
             dictionary.close();

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestedWords.java

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
 public class SuggestedWords {
+    private static final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> EMPTY_WORD_INFO_LIST =
+            CollectionUtils.newArrayList(0);
     public static final SuggestedWords EMPTY = new SuggestedWords(
-            new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>(0), false, false, false, false, false);
+            EMPTY_WORD_INFO_LIST, false, false, false, false, false);
 
     public final boolean mTypedWordValid;
     // Note: this INCLUDES cases where the word will auto-correct to itself. A good definition
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ public class SuggestedWords {
 
     public static ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> getFromApplicationSpecifiedCompletions(
             final CompletionInfo[] infos) {
-        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> result = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> result = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (CompletionInfo info : infos) {
             if (null != info && info.getText() != null) {
                 result.add(new SuggestedWordInfo(info.getText(), SuggestedWordInfo.MAX_SCORE,
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ public class SuggestedWords {
     // and replace it with what the user currently typed.
     public static ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> getTypedWordAndPreviousSuggestions(
             final CharSequence typedWord, final SuggestedWords previousSuggestions) {
-        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestionsList = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+        final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestionsList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-        final HashSet<String> alreadySeen = new HashSet<String>();
+        final HashSet<String> alreadySeen = CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
         suggestionsList.add(new SuggestedWordInfo(typedWord, SuggestedWordInfo.MAX_SCORE,
                 SuggestedWordInfo.KIND_TYPED, Dictionary.TYPE_USER_TYPED));
         alreadySeen.add(typedWord.toString());

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/UserHistoryDictionary.java

@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ public class UserHistoryDictionary extends ExpandableDictionary {
 
     private final static HashMap<String, String> sDictProjectionMap;
     private final static ConcurrentHashMap<String, SoftReference<UserHistoryDictionary>>
-            sLangDictCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, SoftReference<UserHistoryDictionary>>();
+            sLangDictCache = CollectionUtils.newConcurrentHashMap();
 
     static {
-        sDictProjectionMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        sDictProjectionMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
         sDictProjectionMap.put(MAIN_COLUMN_ID, MAIN_COLUMN_ID);
         sDictProjectionMap.put(MAIN_COLUMN_WORD1, MAIN_COLUMN_WORD1);
         sDictProjectionMap.put(MAIN_COLUMN_WORD2, MAIN_COLUMN_WORD2);

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/UserHistoryDictionaryBigramList.java

@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class UserHistoryDictionaryBigramList {
     public static final byte FORGETTING_CURVE_INITIAL_VALUE = 0;
     private static final String TAG = UserHistoryDictionaryBigramList.class.getSimpleName();
-    private static final HashMap<String, Byte> EMPTY_BIGRAM_MAP = new HashMap<String, Byte>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Byte> EMPTY_BIGRAM_MAP = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-    private final HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Byte>> mBigramMap =
+    private final HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Byte>> mBigramMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-            new HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Byte>>();
     private int mSize = 0;
 
     public void evictAll() {
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ public class UserHistoryDictionaryBigramList {
         if (mBigramMap.containsKey(word1)) {
             map = mBigramMap.get(word1);
         } else {
-            map = new HashMap<String, Byte>();
+            map = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
             mBigramMap.put(word1, map);
         }
         if (!map.containsKey(word2)) {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Utils.java

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ public class Utils {
 
     private static final String HARDWARE_PREFIX = Build.HARDWARE + ",";
     private static final HashMap<String, String> sDeviceOverrideValueMap =
-            new HashMap<String, String>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     public static String getDeviceOverrideValue(Resources res, int overrideResId, String defValue) {
         final int orientation = res.getConfiguration().orientation;
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ public class Utils {
         return sDeviceOverrideValueMap.get(key);
     }
 
-    private static final HashMap<String, Long> EMPTY_LT_HASH_MAP = new HashMap<String, Long>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Long> EMPTY_LT_HASH_MAP = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     private static final String LOCALE_AND_TIME_STR_SEPARATER = ",";
     public static HashMap<String, Long> localeAndTimeStrToHashMap(String str) {
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(str)) {
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public class Utils {
         if (N < 2 || N % 2 != 0) {
             return EMPTY_LT_HASH_MAP;
         }
-        final HashMap<String, Long> retval = new HashMap<String, Long>();
+        final HashMap<String, Long> retval = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
         for (int i = 0; i < N / 2; ++i) {
             final String localeStr = ss[i * 2];
             final long time = Long.valueOf(ss[i * 2 + 1]);

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.view.textservice.SuggestionsInfo;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.ProximityInfo;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.BinaryDictionary;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.ContactsBinaryDictionary;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.DictionaryCollection;
@@ -62,10 +63,9 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
     public static final int CAPITALIZE_ALL = 2; // All caps
 
     private final static String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY = new String[0];
-    private Map<String, DictionaryPool> mDictionaryPools =
+    private Map<String, DictionaryPool> mDictionaryPools = CollectionUtils.newSynchronizedTreeMap();
-            Collections.synchronizedMap(new TreeMap<String, DictionaryPool>());
     private Map<String, UserBinaryDictionary> mUserDictionaries =
-            Collections.synchronizedMap(new TreeMap<String, UserBinaryDictionary>());
+            CollectionUtils.newSynchronizedTreeMap();
     private ContactsBinaryDictionary mContactsDictionary;
 
     // The threshold for a candidate to be offered as a suggestion.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
     private final Object mUseContactsLock = new Object();
 
     private final HashSet<WeakReference<DictionaryCollection>> mDictionaryCollectionsList =
-            new HashSet<WeakReference<DictionaryCollection>>();
+            CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
 
     public static final int SCRIPT_LATIN = 0;
     public static final int SCRIPT_CYRILLIC = 1;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
         // proximity to pass to the dictionary descent algorithm.
         // IMPORTANT: this only contains languages - do not write countries in there.
         // Only the language is searched from the map.
-        mLanguageToScript = new TreeMap<String, Integer>();
+        mLanguageToScript = CollectionUtils.newTreeMap();
         mLanguageToScript.put("en", SCRIPT_LATIN);
         mLanguageToScript.put("fr", SCRIPT_LATIN);
         mLanguageToScript.put("de", SCRIPT_LATIN);
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
             mSuggestionThreshold = suggestionThreshold;
             mRecommendedThreshold = recommendedThreshold;
             mMaxLength = maxLength;
-            mSuggestions = new ArrayList<CharSequence>(maxLength + 1);
+            mSuggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList(maxLength + 1);
             mScores = new int[mMaxLength];
         }
 
@@ -359,10 +359,9 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
 
     private void closeAllDictionaries() {
         final Map<String, DictionaryPool> oldPools = mDictionaryPools;
-        mDictionaryPools = Collections.synchronizedMap(new TreeMap<String, DictionaryPool>());
+        mDictionaryPools = CollectionUtils.newSynchronizedTreeMap();
         final Map<String, UserBinaryDictionary> oldUserDictionaries = mUserDictionaries;
-        mUserDictionaries =
+        mUserDictionaries = CollectionUtils.newSynchronizedTreeMap();
-                Collections.synchronizedMap(new TreeMap<String, UserBinaryDictionary>());
         new Thread("spellchecker_close_dicts") {
             @Override
             public void run() {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerSession.java

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import android.view.textservice.SentenceSuggestionsInfo;
 import android.view.textservice.SuggestionsInfo;
 import android.view.textservice.TextInfo;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class AndroidSpellCheckerSession extends AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession {
@@ -40,10 +42,10 @@ public class AndroidSpellCheckerSession extends AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSess
             return null;
         }
         final int N = ssi.getSuggestionsCount();
-        final ArrayList<Integer> additionalOffsets = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        final ArrayList<Integer> additionalOffsets = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-        final ArrayList<Integer> additionalLengths = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        final ArrayList<Integer> additionalLengths = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         final ArrayList<SuggestionsInfo> additionalSuggestionsInfos =
-                new ArrayList<SuggestionsInfo>();
+                CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         String currentWord = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
             final SuggestionsInfo si = ssi.getSuggestionsInfoAt(i);

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/DictionaryPool.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin.spellcheck;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.ProximityInfo;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords.SuggestedWordInfo;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.WordComposer;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class DictionaryPool extends LinkedBlockingQueue<DictAndProximity> {
     private final Locale mLocale;
     private int mSize;
     private volatile boolean mClosed;
-    final static ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> noSuggestions = new ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo>();
+    final static ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> noSuggestions = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
     private final static DictAndProximity dummyDict = new DictAndProximity(
             new Dictionary(Dictionary.TYPE_MAIN) {
                 @Override

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/SpellCheckerProximityInfo.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin.spellcheck;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.ProximityInfo;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public class SpellCheckerProximityInfo {
         // character.
         // Since we need to build such an array, we want to be able to search in our big proximity
         // data quickly by character, and a map is probably the best way to do this.
-        final private static TreeMap<Integer, Integer> INDICES = new TreeMap<Integer, Integer>();
+        final private static TreeMap<Integer, Integer> INDICES = CollectionUtils.newTreeMap();
 
         // The proximity here is the union of
         // - the proximity for a QWERTY keyboard.
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public class SpellCheckerProximityInfo {
     }
 
     private static class Cyrillic {
-        final private static TreeMap<Integer, Integer> INDICES = new TreeMap<Integer, Integer>();
+        final private static TreeMap<Integer, Integer> INDICES = CollectionUtils.newTreeMap();
         // TODO: The following table is solely based on the keyboard layout. Consult with Russian
         // speakers on commonly misspelled words/letters.
         final static int[] PROXIMITY = {

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.MoreKeysPanel;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.PointerTracker;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.ViewLayoutUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.AutoCorrection;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StaticInnerHandlerWrapper;
@@ -88,9 +89,9 @@ public class SuggestionStripView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClickListen
     private final MoreSuggestions.Builder mMoreSuggestionsBuilder;
     private final PopupWindow mMoreSuggestionsWindow;
 
-    private final ArrayList<TextView> mWords = new ArrayList<TextView>();
+    private final ArrayList<TextView> mWords = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-    private final ArrayList<TextView> mInfos = new ArrayList<TextView>();
+    private final ArrayList<TextView> mInfos = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-    private final ArrayList<View> mDividers = new ArrayList<View>();
+    private final ArrayList<View> mDividers = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
     private final PopupWindow mPreviewPopup;
     private final TextView mPreviewText;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public class SuggestionStripView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClickListen
 
         private final int mSuggestionStripOption;
 
-        private final ArrayList<CharSequence> mTexts = new ArrayList<CharSequence>();
+        private final ArrayList<CharSequence> mTexts = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
         public boolean mMoreSuggestionsAvailable;
 

java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogger.java

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardId;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardSwitcher;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardView;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.MainKeyboardView;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
     // the system to do so.
     /* package */ ResearchLog mIntentionalResearchLog;
     // LogUnits are queued here and released only when the user requests the intentional log.
-    private List<LogUnit> mIntentionalResearchLogQueue = new ArrayList<LogUnit>();
+    private List<LogUnit> mIntentionalResearchLogQueue = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
     private boolean mIsPasswordView = false;
     private boolean mIsLoggingSuspended = false;
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
     private void saveLogsForFeedback() {
         mFeedbackLog = mIntentionalResearchLog;
         if (mIntentionalResearchLogQueue != null) {
-            mFeedbackQueue = new ArrayList<LogUnit>(mIntentionalResearchLogQueue);
+            mFeedbackQueue = CollectionUtils.newArrayList(mIntentionalResearchLogQueue);
         } else {
             mFeedbackQueue = null;
         }
@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
 
         mMainResearchLog = null;
         mIntentionalResearchLog = null;
-        mIntentionalResearchLogQueue = new ArrayList<LogUnit>();
+        mIntentionalResearchLogQueue = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
     }
 
     private static final int LOG_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_IN_MS = 1000 * 5;
@@ -728,9 +729,9 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
     }
 
     static class LogUnit {
-        private final List<String[]> mKeysList = new ArrayList<String[]>();
+        private final List<String[]> mKeysList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-        private final List<Object[]> mValuesList = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
+        private final List<Object[]> mValuesList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
-        private final List<Boolean> mIsPotentiallyPrivate = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+        private final List<Boolean> mIsPotentiallyPrivate = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
         private void addLogAtom(final String[] keys, final Object[] values,
                 final Boolean isPotentiallyPrivate) {

tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/SpacebarTextTests.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodSubtype;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.AdditionalSubtype;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.ImfUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StringUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SubtypeLocale;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class SpacebarTextTests extends AndroidTestCase {
     // Locale to subtypes list.
-    private final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> mSubtypesList = new ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype>();
+    private final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> mSubtypesList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
     private Resources mRes;
 

tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserCsvTests.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
 import android.app.Instrumentation;
 import android.test.InstrumentationTestCase;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ public class KeySpecParserCsvTests extends InstrumentationTestCase {
     }
 
     private static String[] getAllResourceIdNames(final Class<?> resourceIdClass) {
-        final ArrayList<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
+        final ArrayList<String> names = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (final Field field : resourceIdClass.getFields()) {
             if (field.getType() == Integer.TYPE) {
                 names.add(field.getName());

tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeLocaleTests.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class SubtypeLocaleTests extends AndroidTestCase {
     // Locale to subtypes list.
-    private final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> mSubtypesList = new ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype>();
+    private final ArrayList<InputMethodSubtype> mSubtypesList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
 
     private Resources mRes;
 

tools/maketext/res/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.tmpl

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -45,14 +46,12 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
  */
 public final class KeyboardTextsSet {
     // Language to texts map.
-    private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap =
+    private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-            new HashMap<String, String[]>();
+    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-    private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap =
-            new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
     private String[] mTexts;
     // Resource name to text map.
-    private HashMap<String, String> mResourceNameToTextsMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    private HashMap<String, String> mResourceNameToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
 
     public void setLanguage(final String language) {
         mTexts = sLocaleToTextsMap.get(language);