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

MongoIterable  collection =  database.listCollectionNames();
    for(String s : collection) {
        if(s.equals("collectionName")) {
            return true;

        }
    }
    return false;
}