persistable sclass NotifyingCollection<E> extends AbstractCollection<E> implements Collection<E> {
  Collection<E> c;  // Backing Collection

  *() {} // for persistence
  *(Collection<E> *c) {}

  public int size() {
      synchronized (this) {return c.size();}
  }
  public boolean isEmpty() {
      synchronized (this) {return c.isEmpty();}
  }
  public boolean contains(Object o) {
      synchronized (this) {return c.contains(o);}
  }
  public Object[] toArray() {
      synchronized (this) {return c.toArray();}
  }
  public <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) {
      synchronized (this) {return c.toArray(a);}
  }

  public Iterator<E> iterator() {
      return c.iterator(); // caller should not use Iterator.remove()
  }

  public boolean add(E e) {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); if (!c.add(e)) false; } change(); true;
  }
  public boolean remove(Object o) {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); if (!c.remove(o)) false;} change(); true;
  }

  public boolean containsAll(Collection<?> coll) {
      synchronized (this) {return c.containsAll(coll);}
  }
  public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> coll) {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); if (!c.addAll(coll)) false;} change(); true;
  }
  public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> coll) {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); if (!c.removeAll(coll)) false;} change(); true;
  }
  public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> coll) {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); if (!c.retainAll(coll)) false;} change(); true;
  }
  public void clear() {
      synchronized (this) { beforeChange(); c.clear();} change();
  }
  public String toString() {
      synchronized (this) {return c.toString();}
  }
  
  /*public void forEach(Consumer<? super E> consumer) {
      synchronized (this) {c.forEach(consumer);}
  }*/
 
  /*public boolean removeIf(Predicate<? super E> filter) {
      synchronized (this) {return c.removeIf(filter);}
  }*/
  @Override
  public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
      return c.spliterator(); // Must be manually synched by user!
  }
  
  /*public Stream<E> stream() {
      return c.stream(); // Must be manually synched by user!
  }*/
  
  /*public Stream<E> parallelStream() {
      return c.parallelStream(); // Must be manually synched by user!
  }*/
  
  void beforeChange() {}
  void change() {}
  
  Collection<E> unwrap() { ret c; }
}

Began life as a copy of #1009405