singletonXXX( ) methods in java.util.Collections

[Yan Lee]

Hi all:
I am trying to understand the following methods in the java.util.Collections class:
Can you tell me under what circumstances does one use these methods and why would one use them?
static Set singleton(Object o)
Returns an immutable set containing only the specified object.
static List singletonList(Object o)
Returns an immutable list containing only the specified object.
static Map singletonMap(Object key, Object value)
Returns an immutable map, mapping only the specified key to the specified value.
Thanks in advance for the help.

[Wayne L Johnson]

I think they are just convenience methods, as stated in Sun's Collections tutorial.
So if you have a single object and you need to pass it to a method that takes a "java.util.List", this saves you from creating the List and adding the object to it. It's not a big savings [one statement instead of two], but so be it.