Interface Set<E>
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- the type of elements maintained by this set
- All Superinterfaces:
-
Collection<E>
,Iterable<E>
- All Known Subinterfaces:
-
EventSet
,NavigableSet<E>
,SortedSet<E>
- All Known Implementing Classes:
-
AbstractSet
,ConcurrentHashMap.KeySetView
,ConcurrentSkipListSet
,CopyOnWriteArraySet
,EnumSet
,HashSet
,JobStateReasons
,LinkedHashSet
,TreeSet
public interface Set<E> extends Collection<E>
A collection that contains no duplicate elements. More formally, sets contain no pair of elements e1
and e2
such that e1.equals(e2)
, and at most one null element. As implied by its name, this interface models the mathematical set abstraction.
The Set
interface places additional stipulations, beyond those inherited from the Collection
interface, on the contracts of all constructors and on the contracts of the add
, equals
and hashCode
methods. Declarations for other inherited methods are also included here for convenience. (The specifications accompanying these declarations have been tailored to the Set
interface, but they do not contain any additional stipulations.)
The additional stipulation on constructors is, not surprisingly, that all constructors must create a set that contains no duplicate elements (as defined above).
Note: Great care must be exercised if mutable objects are used as set elements. The behavior of a set is not specified if the value of an object is changed in a manner that affects equals
comparisons while the object is an element in the set. A special case of this prohibition is that it is not permissible for a set to contain itself as an element.
Some set implementations have restrictions on the elements that they may contain. For example, some implementations prohibit null elements, and some have restrictions on the types of their elements. Attempting to add an ineligible element throws an unchecked exception, typically NullPointerException
or ClassCastException
. Attempting to query the presence of an ineligible element may throw an exception, or it may simply return false; some implementations will exhibit the former behavior and some will exhibit the latter. More generally, attempting an operation on an ineligible element whose completion would not result in the insertion of an ineligible element into the set may throw an exception or it may succeed, at the option of the implementation. Such exceptions are marked as "optional" in the specification for this interface.
Unmodifiable Sets
The Set.of
and Set.copyOf
static factory methods provide a convenient way to create unmodifiable sets. The Set
instances created by these methods have the following characteristics:
- They are unmodifiable. Elements cannot be added or removed. Calling any mutator method on the Set will always cause
UnsupportedOperationException
to be thrown. However, if the contained elements are themselves mutable, this may cause the Set to behave inconsistently or its contents to appear to change. - They disallow
null
elements. Attempts to create them withnull
elements result inNullPointerException
. - They are serializable if all elements are serializable.
- They reject duplicate elements at creation time. Duplicate elements passed to a static factory method result in
IllegalArgumentException
. - The iteration order of set elements is unspecified and is subject to change.
- They are value-based. Callers should make no assumptions about the identity of the returned instances. Factories are free to create new instances or reuse existing ones. Therefore, identity-sensitive operations on these instances (reference equality (
==
), identity hash code, and synchronization) are unreliable and should be avoided. - They are serialized as specified on the Serialized Form page.
This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
- Since:
- 1.2
- See Also:
-
Collection
,List
,SortedSet
,HashSet
,TreeSet
,AbstractSet
,Collections.singleton(java.lang.Object)
,Collections.EMPTY_SET
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
boolean | add(E e) | Adds the specified element to this set if it is not already present (optional operation). |
boolean | addAll(Collection<? extends E> c) | Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this set if they're not already present (optional operation). |
void | clear() | Removes all of the elements from this set (optional operation). |
boolean | contains(Object o) | Returns |
boolean | containsAll(Collection<?> c) | Returns |
static <E> Set<E> | copyOf(Collection<? extends E> coll) | Returns an unmodifiable Set containing the elements of the given Collection. |
boolean | equals(Object o) | Compares the specified object with this set for equality. |
int | hashCode() | Returns the hash code value for this set. |
boolean | isEmpty() | Returns |
Iterator<E> | iterator() | Returns an iterator over the elements in this set. |
static <E> Set<E> | of() | Returns an unmodifiable set containing zero elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing one element. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E... elements) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing an arbitrary number of elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing two elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing three elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing four elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing five elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5,
E e6) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing six elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5,
E e6,
E e7) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing seven elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5,
E e6,
E e7,
E e8) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing eight elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5,
E e6,
E e7,
E e8,
E e9) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing nine elements. |
static <E> Set<E> | of(E e1,
E e2,
E e3,
E e4,
E e5,
E e6,
E e7,
E e8,
E e9,
E e10) | Returns an unmodifiable set containing ten elements. |
boolean | remove(Object o) | Removes the specified element from this set if it is present (optional operation). |
boolean | removeAll(Collection<?> c) | Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). |
boolean | retainAll(Collection<?> c) | Retains only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). |
int | size() | Returns the number of elements in this set (its cardinality). |
default Spliterator<E> | spliterator() | Creates a |
Object[] | toArray() | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set. |
<T> T[] | toArray(T[] a) | Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. |
Methods declared in interface java.util.Collection
parallelStream, removeIf, stream, toArray
Methods declared in interface java.lang.Iterable
forEach
Method Detail
size
int size()
Returns the number of elements in this set (its cardinality). If this set contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE
elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE
.
- Specified by:
-
size
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Returns:
- the number of elements in this set (its cardinality)
isEmpty
boolean isEmpty()
Returns true
if this set contains no elements.
- Specified by:
-
isEmpty
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Returns:
-
true
if this set contains no elements
contains
boolean contains(Object o)
Returns true
if this set contains the specified element. More formally, returns true
if and only if this set contains an element e
such that Objects.equals(o, e)
.
- Specified by:
-
contains
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
o
- element whose presence in this set is to be tested - Returns:
-
true
if this set contains the specified element - Throws:
-
ClassCastException
- if the type of the specified element is incompatible with this set (optional) -
NullPointerException
- if the specified element is null and this set does not permit null elements (optional)
iterator
Iterator<E> iterator()
Returns an iterator over the elements in this set. The elements are returned in no particular order (unless this set is an instance of some class that provides a guarantee).
- Specified by:
-
iterator
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Specified by:
-
iterator
in interfaceIterable<E>
- Returns:
- an iterator over the elements in this set
toArray
Object[] toArray()
Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set. If this set makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.
The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are maintained by this set. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array even if this set is backed by an array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array.
This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs.
- Specified by:
-
toArray
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Returns:
- an array containing all the elements in this set
toArray
<T> T[] toArray(T[] a)
Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the set fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this set.
If this set fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than this set), the element in the array immediately following the end of the set is set to null
. (This is useful in determining the length of this set only if the caller knows that this set does not contain any null elements.)
If this set makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.
Like the toArray()
method, this method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs. Further, this method allows precise control over the runtime type of the output array, and may, under certain circumstances, be used to save allocation costs.
Suppose x
is a set known to contain only strings. The following code can be used to dump the set into a newly allocated array of String
:
String[] y = x.toArray(new String[0]);Note that
toArray(new Object[0])
is identical in function to toArray()
.- Specified by:
-
toArray
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Type Parameters:
-
T
- the component type of the array to contain the collection - Parameters:
-
a
- the array into which the elements of this set are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose. - Returns:
- an array containing all the elements in this set
- Throws:
-
ArrayStoreException
- if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of the runtime type of every element in this set -
NullPointerException
- if the specified array is null
add
boolean add(E e)
Adds the specified element to this set if it is not already present (optional operation). More formally, adds the specified element e
to this set if the set contains no element e2
such that Objects.equals(e, e2)
. If this set already contains the element, the call leaves the set unchanged and returns false
. In combination with the restriction on constructors, this ensures that sets never contain duplicate elements.
The stipulation above does not imply that sets must accept all elements; sets may refuse to add any particular element, including null
, and throw an exception, as described in the specification for Collection.add
. Individual set implementations should clearly document any restrictions on the elements that they may contain.
- Specified by:
-
add
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
e
- element to be added to this set - Returns:
-
true
if this set did not already contain the specified element - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theadd
operation is not supported by this set -
ClassCastException
- if the class of the specified element prevents it from being added to this set -
NullPointerException
- if the specified element is null and this set does not permit null elements -
IllegalArgumentException
- if some property of the specified element prevents it from being added to this set
remove
boolean remove(Object o)
Removes the specified element from this set if it is present (optional operation). More formally, removes an element e
such that Objects.equals(o, e)
, if this set contains such an element. Returns true
if this set contained the element (or equivalently, if this set changed as a result of the call). (This set will not contain the element once the call returns.)
- Specified by:
-
remove
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
o
- object to be removed from this set, if present - Returns:
-
true
if this set contained the specified element - Throws:
-
ClassCastException
- if the type of the specified element is incompatible with this set (optional) -
NullPointerException
- if the specified element is null and this set does not permit null elements (optional) -
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theremove
operation is not supported by this set
containsAll
boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c)
Returns true
if this set contains all of the elements of the specified collection. If the specified collection is also a set, this method returns true
if it is a subset of this set.
- Specified by:
-
containsAll
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
c
- collection to be checked for containment in this set - Returns:
-
true
if this set contains all of the elements of the specified collection - Throws:
-
ClassCastException
- if the types of one or more elements in the specified collection are incompatible with this set (optional) -
NullPointerException
- if the specified collection contains one or more null elements and this set does not permit null elements (optional), or if the specified collection is null - See Also:
contains(Object)
addAll
boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)
Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this set if they're not already present (optional operation). If the specified collection is also a set, the addAll
operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the union of the two sets. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress.
- Specified by:
-
addAll
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
c
- collection containing elements to be added to this set - Returns:
-
true
if this set changed as a result of the call - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theaddAll
operation is not supported by this set -
ClassCastException
- if the class of an element of the specified collection prevents it from being added to this set -
NullPointerException
- if the specified collection contains one or more null elements and this set does not permit null elements, or if the specified collection is null -
IllegalArgumentException
- if some property of an element of the specified collection prevents it from being added to this set - See Also:
add(Object)
retainAll
boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c)
Retains only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). In other words, removes from this set all of its elements that are not contained in the specified collection. If the specified collection is also a set, this operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the intersection of the two sets.
- Specified by:
-
retainAll
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
c
- collection containing elements to be retained in this set - Returns:
-
true
if this set changed as a result of the call - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theretainAll
operation is not supported by this set -
ClassCastException
- if the class of an element of this set is incompatible with the specified collection (optional) -
NullPointerException
- if this set contains a null element and the specified collection does not permit null elements (optional), or if the specified collection is null - See Also:
remove(Object)
removeAll
boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c)
Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). If the specified collection is also a set, this operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the asymmetric set difference of the two sets.
- Specified by:
-
removeAll
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Parameters:
-
c
- collection containing elements to be removed from this set - Returns:
-
true
if this set changed as a result of the call - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theremoveAll
operation is not supported by this set -
ClassCastException
- if the class of an element of this set is incompatible with the specified collection (optional) -
NullPointerException
- if this set contains a null element and the specified collection does not permit null elements (optional), or if the specified collection is null - See Also:
-
remove(Object)
,contains(Object)
clear
void clear()
Removes all of the elements from this set (optional operation). The set will be empty after this call returns.
- Specified by:
-
clear
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if theclear
method is not supported by this set
equals
boolean equals(Object o)
Compares the specified object with this set for equality. Returns true
if the specified object is also a set, the two sets have the same size, and every member of the specified set is contained in this set (or equivalently, every member of this set is contained in the specified set). This definition ensures that the equals method works properly across different implementations of the set interface.
- Specified by:
-
equals
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Overrides:
-
equals
in classObject
- Parameters:
-
o
- object to be compared for equality with this set - Returns:
-
true
if the specified object is equal to this set - See Also:
-
Object.hashCode()
,HashMap
hashCode
int hashCode()
Returns the hash code value for this set. The hash code of a set is defined to be the sum of the hash codes of the elements in the set, where the hash code of a null
element is defined to be zero. This ensures that s1.equals(s2)
implies that s1.hashCode()==s2.hashCode()
for any two sets s1
and s2
, as required by the general contract of Object.hashCode()
.
- Specified by:
-
hashCode
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Overrides:
-
hashCode
in classObject
- Returns:
- the hash code value for this set
- See Also:
-
Object.equals(Object)
,equals(Object)
spliterator
default Spliterator<E> spliterator()
Creates a Spliterator
over the elements in this set.
The Spliterator
reports Spliterator.DISTINCT
. Implementations should document the reporting of additional characteristic values.
- Specified by:
-
spliterator
in interfaceCollection<E>
- Specified by:
-
spliterator
in interfaceIterable<E>
- Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation creates a late-binding spliterator from the set's
Iterator
. The spliterator inherits the fail-fast properties of the set's iterator.The created
Spliterator
additionally reportsSpliterator.SIZED
. - Implementation Note:
- The created
Spliterator
additionally reportsSpliterator.SUBSIZED
. - Returns:
- a
Spliterator
over the elements in this set - Since:
- 1.8
of
static <E> Set<E> of()
Returns an unmodifiable set containing zero elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Returns:
- an empty
Set
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing one element. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the single element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified element - Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- if the element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing two elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if the elements are duplicates -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing three elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing four elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing five elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing six elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element -
e6
- the sixth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6, E e7)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing seven elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element -
e6
- the sixth element -
e7
- the seventh element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6, E e7, E e8)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing eight elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element -
e6
- the sixth element -
e7
- the seventh element -
e8
- the eighth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6, E e7, E e8, E e9)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing nine elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element -
e6
- the sixth element -
e7
- the seventh element -
e8
- the eighth element -
e9
- the ninth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
static <E> Set<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6, E e7, E e8, E e9, E e10)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing ten elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
e1
- the first element -
e2
- the second element -
e3
- the third element -
e4
- the fourth element -
e5
- the fifth element -
e6
- the sixth element -
e7
- the seventh element -
e8
- the eighth element -
e9
- the ninth element -
e10
- the tenth element - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
- Since:
- 9
of
@SafeVarargs static <E> Set<E> of(E... elements)
Returns an unmodifiable set containing an arbitrary number of elements. See Unmodifiable Sets for details.
- API Note:
- This method also accepts a single array as an argument. The element type of the resulting set will be the component type of the array, and the size of the set will be equal to the length of the array. To create a set with a single element that is an array, do the following:
String[] array = ... ; Set<String[]> list = Set.<String[]>of(array);
This will cause theSet.of(E)
method to be invoked instead. - Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
elements
- the elements to be contained in the set - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the specified elements - Throws:
-
IllegalArgumentException
- if there are any duplicate elements -
NullPointerException
- if an element isnull
or if the array isnull
- Since:
- 9
copyOf
static <E> Set<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> coll)
Returns an unmodifiable Set containing the elements of the given Collection. The given Collection must not be null, and it must not contain any null elements. If the given Collection contains duplicate elements, an arbitrary element of the duplicates is preserved. If the given Collection is subsequently modified, the returned Set will not reflect such modifications.
- Implementation Note:
- If the given Collection is an unmodifiable Set, calling copyOf will generally not create a copy.
- Type Parameters:
-
E
- theSet
's element type - Parameters:
-
coll
- aCollection
from which elements are drawn, must be non-null - Returns:
- a
Set
containing the elements of the givenCollection
- Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- if coll is null, or if it contains any nulls - Since:
- 10