MongoDB 3 Java check if collection exists

Question

I have the following problem:

I\'m using the Java driver for MongoDB 3.

In version 2 it was possible to do DB.collectionExists(name) to check whether a colle

Answer 1

for anyone still looking: Assuming you have MongoDatabase instance called "db"

try {
        db.createCollection("myCol");
    } catch (MongoCommandException e) {
        System.err.println("Collection Exists");
    }