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Also see this 105 class's counterparts <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Lists.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Lists</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Maps.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Maps</CODE></A>. 106<P> 107 108<P> 109<DL> 110<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 111 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD> 112<DT><B>Author:</B></DT> 113 <DD>Kevin Bourrillion, Jared Levy</DD> 114</DL> 115<HR> 116 117<P> 118<!-- ======== NESTED CLASS SUMMARY ======== --> 119 120<A NAME="nested_class_summary"><!-- --></A> 121<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 122<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 123<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 124<B>Nested Class Summary</B></FONT></TH> 125</TR> 126<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 127<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 128<CODE>static class</CODE></FONT></TD> 129<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="type parameter in Sets.SetView">E</A>></B></CODE> 130 131<BR> 132 An unmodifiable view of a set which may be backed by other sets; this view 133 will change as the backing sets do.</TD> 134</TR> 135</TABLE> 136 137<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 138 139<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 140<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 141<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 142<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 143<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 144</TR> 145<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 146<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 147<CODE>static 148<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 149<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 150<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 151<CODE><B> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><B>></CODE></FONT></TD> 152</TR> 153</TABLE> 154</CODE></FONT></TD> 155<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#cartesianProduct(java.util.List)">cartesianProduct</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><? extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends B>> sets)</CODE> 156 157<BR> 158 Returns every possible list that can be formed by choosing one element 159 from each of the given sets in order; the "n-ary 160 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product">Cartesian 161 product</a>" of the sets.</TD> 162</TR> 163<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 164<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 165<CODE>static 166<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 167<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 168<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 169<CODE><B> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><B>></CODE></FONT></TD> 170</TR> 171</TABLE> 172</CODE></FONT></TD> 173<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#cartesianProduct(java.util.Set...)">cartesianProduct</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends B>... sets)</CODE> 174 175<BR> 176 Returns every possible list that can be formed by choosing one element 177 from each of the given sets in order; the "n-ary 178 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product">Cartesian 179 product</a>" of the sets.</TD> 180</TR> 181<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 182<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 183<CODE>static 184<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 185<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 186<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 187<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> 188<BR> 189<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">EnumSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 190</TR> 191</TABLE> 192</CODE></FONT></TD> 193<TD><CODE><B><A 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208</TR> 209</TABLE> 210</CODE></FONT></TD> 211<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#complementOf(java.util.Collection, java.lang.Class)">complementOf</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A><E> collection, 212 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><E> type)</CODE> 213 214<BR> 215 Creates an <code>EnumSet</code> consisting of all enum values that are not in 216 the specified collection.</TD> 217</TR> 218<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 219<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 220<CODE>static 221<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 222<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 223<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 224<CODE><E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 225</TR> 226</TABLE> 227</CODE></FONT></TD> 228<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#difference(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)">difference</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> set1, 229 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><?> set2)</CODE> 230 231<BR> 232 Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the difference of two sets.</TD> 233</TR> 234<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 235<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 236<CODE>static 237<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 238<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 239<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 240<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 241</TR> 242</TABLE> 243</CODE></FONT></TD> 244<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#filter(java.util.Set, com.google.common.base.Predicate)">filter</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> unfiltered, 245 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Predicate</A><? super E> predicate)</CODE> 246 247<BR> 248 Returns the elements of <code>unfiltered</code> that satisfy a predicate.</TD> 249</TR> 250<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 251<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 252<CODE>static 253<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 254<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 255<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 256<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> 257<BR> 258<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 259</TR> 260</TABLE> 261</CODE></FONT></TD> 262<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#immutableEnumSet(E, E...)">immutableEnumSet</A></B>(E anElement, 263 E... otherElements)</CODE> 264 265<BR> 266 Returns an immutable set instance containing the given enum elements.</TD> 267</TR> 268<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 269<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 270<CODE>static 271<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 272<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 273<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 274<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> 275<BR> 276<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 277</TR> 278</TABLE> 279</CODE></FONT></TD> 280<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#immutableEnumSet(java.lang.Iterable)">immutableEnumSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><E> elements)</CODE> 281 282<BR> 283 Returns an immutable set instance containing the given enum elements.</TD> 284</TR> 285<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 286<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 287<CODE>static 288<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 289<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 290<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 291<CODE><E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 292</TR> 293</TABLE> 294</CODE></FONT></TD> 295<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#intersection(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)">intersection</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> set1, 296 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><?> set2)</CODE> 297 298<BR> 299 Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the intersection of two sets.</TD> 300</TR> 301<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 302<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 303<CODE>static 304<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 305<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 306<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 307<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> 308<BR> 309<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">EnumSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 310</TR> 311</TABLE> 312</CODE></FONT></TD> 313<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newEnumSet(java.lang.Iterable, java.lang.Class)">newEnumSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><E> iterable, 314 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><E> elementType)</CODE> 315 316<BR> 317 Returns a new <code>EnumSet</code> instance containing the given elements.</TD> 318</TR> 319<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 320<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 321<CODE>static 322<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 323<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 324<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 325<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 326</TR> 327</TABLE> 328</CODE></FONT></TD> 329<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newHashSet()">newHashSet</A></B>()</CODE> 330 331<BR> 332 Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>HashSet</code> instance.</TD> 333</TR> 334<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 335<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 336<CODE>static 337<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 338<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 339<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 340<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 341</TR> 342</TABLE> 343</CODE></FONT></TD> 344<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newHashSet(E...)">newHashSet</A></B>(E... elements)</CODE> 345 346<BR> 347 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 348 elements in unspecified order.</TD> 349</TR> 350<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 351<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 352<CODE>static 353<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 354<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 355<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 356<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 357</TR> 358</TABLE> 359</CODE></FONT></TD> 360<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newHashSet(java.lang.Iterable)">newHashSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 361 362<BR> 363 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 364 elements in unspecified order.</TD> 365</TR> 366<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 367<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 368<CODE>static 369<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 370<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 371<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 372<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 373</TR> 374</TABLE> 375</CODE></FONT></TD> 376<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newHashSet(java.util.Iterator)">newHashSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 377 378<BR> 379 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 380 elements in unspecified order.</TD> 381</TR> 382<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 383<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 384<CODE>static 385<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 386<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 387<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 388<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 389</TR> 390</TABLE> 391</CODE></FONT></TD> 392<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newHashSetWithExpectedSize(int)">newHashSetWithExpectedSize</A></B>(int expectedSize)</CODE> 393 394<BR> 395 Creates an empty <code>HashSet</code> instance with enough capacity to hold the 396 specified number of elements without rehashing.</TD> 397</TR> 398<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 399<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 400<CODE>static 401<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 402<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 403<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 404<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedHashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedHashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 405</TR> 406</TABLE> 407</CODE></FONT></TD> 408<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newLinkedHashSet()">newLinkedHashSet</A></B>()</CODE> 409 410<BR> 411 Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>LinkedHashSet</code> instance.</TD> 412</TR> 413<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 414<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 415<CODE>static 416<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 417<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 418<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 419<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedHashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedHashSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 420</TR> 421</TABLE> 422</CODE></FONT></TD> 423<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newLinkedHashSet(java.lang.Iterable)">newLinkedHashSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 424 425<BR> 426 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>LinkedHashSet</code> instance containing the 427 given elements in order.</TD> 428</TR> 429<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 430<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 431<CODE>static 432<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 433<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 434<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 435<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 436</TR> 437</TABLE> 438</CODE></FONT></TD> 439<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newSetFromMap(java.util.Map)">newSetFromMap</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><E,<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Boolean.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Boolean</A>> map)</CODE> 440 441<BR> 442 Returns a set backed by the specified map.</TD> 443</TR> 444<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 445<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 446<CODE>static 447<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 448<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 449<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 450<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A>> 451<BR> 452<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 453</TR> 454</TABLE> 455</CODE></FONT></TD> 456<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newTreeSet()">newTreeSet</A></B>()</CODE> 457 458<BR> 459 Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>TreeSet</code> instance sorted by the 460 natural sort ordering of its elements.</TD> 461</TR> 462<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 463<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 464<CODE>static 465<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 466<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 467<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 468<CODE><E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 469</TR> 470</TABLE> 471</CODE></FONT></TD> 472<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newTreeSet(java.util.Comparator)">newTreeSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><? super E> comparator)</CODE> 473 474<BR> 475 Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>TreeSet</code> instance with the given 476 comparator.</TD> 477</TR> 478<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 479<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 480<CODE>static 481<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 482<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 483<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 484<CODE><E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A>> 485<BR> 486<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 487</TR> 488</TABLE> 489</CODE></FONT></TD> 490<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newTreeSet(java.lang.Iterable)">newTreeSet</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</CODE> 491 492<BR> 493 Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>TreeSet</code> instance containing the given 494 elements sorted by their natural ordering.</TD> 495</TR> 496<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 497<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 498<CODE>static 499<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 500<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 501<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 502<CODE><E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E></CODE></FONT></TD> 503</TR> 504</TABLE> 505</CODE></FONT></TD> 506<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#union(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)">union</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends E> set1, 507 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends E> set2)</CODE> 508 509<BR> 510 Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the union of two sets.</TD> 511</TR> 512</TABLE> 513 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 514<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 515<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 516<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> 517</TR> 518<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 519<TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait()" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD> 520</TR> 521</TABLE> 522 523<P> 524 525<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 526 527<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 528<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 529<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 530<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 531<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 532</TR> 533</TABLE> 534 535<A NAME="immutableEnumSet(java.lang.Enum,java.lang.Enum[])"><!-- --></A><A NAME="immutableEnumSet(E, E...)"><!-- --></A><H3> 536immutableEnumSet</H3> 537<PRE> 538public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableSet</A><E> <B>immutableEnumSet</B>(E anElement, 539 E... otherElements)</PRE> 540<DL> 541<DD>Returns an immutable set instance containing the given enum elements. 542 Internally, the returned set will be backed by an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet</CODE></A>. 543 544 <p>The iteration order of the returned set follows the enum's iteration 545 order, not the order in which the elements are provided to the method. 546<P> 547<DD><DL> 548<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>anElement</CODE> - one of the elements the set should contain<DD><CODE>otherElements</CODE> - the rest of the elements the set should contain 549<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an immutable set containing those elements, minus duplicates</DL> 550</DD> 551</DL> 552<HR> 553 554<A NAME="immutableEnumSet(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 555immutableEnumSet</H3> 556<PRE> 557public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableSet</A><E> <B>immutableEnumSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><E> elements)</PRE> 558<DL> 559<DD>Returns an immutable set instance containing the given enum elements. 560 Internally, the returned set will be backed by an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet</CODE></A>. 561 562 <p>The iteration order of the returned set follows the enum's iteration 563 order, not the order in which the elements appear in the given collection. 564<P> 565<DD><DL> 566<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements, all of the same <code>enum</code> type, that the 567 set should contain 568<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an immutable set containing those elements, minus duplicates</DL> 569</DD> 570</DL> 571<HR> 572 573<A NAME="newEnumSet(java.lang.Iterable, java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 574newEnumSet</H3> 575<PRE> 576public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">EnumSet</A><E> <B>newEnumSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><E> iterable, 577 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><E> elementType)</PRE> 578<DL> 579<DD>Returns a new <code>EnumSet</code> instance containing the given elements. 580 Unlike <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true#copyOf(java.util.Collection)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet.copyOf(Collection)</CODE></A>, this method does not produce an 581 exception on an empty collection, and it may be called on any iterable, not 582 just a <code>Collection</code>. 583<P> 584<DD><DL> 585</DL> 586</DD> 587</DL> 588<HR> 589 590<A NAME="newHashSet()"><!-- --></A><H3> 591newHashSet</H3> 592<PRE> 593public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E> <B>newHashSet</B>()</PRE> 594<DL> 595<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>HashSet</code> instance. 596 597 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#of()"><CODE>ImmutableSet.of()</CODE></A> instead. 598 599 <p><b>Note:</b> if <code>E</code> is an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Enum</CODE></A> type, use <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true#noneOf(java.lang.Class)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet.noneOf(java.lang.Class<E>)</CODE></A> instead. 600<P> 601<DD><DL> 602 603<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>HashSet</code></DL> 604</DD> 605</DL> 606<HR> 607 608<A NAME="newHashSet(java.lang.Object[])"><!-- --></A><A NAME="newHashSet(E...)"><!-- --></A><H3> 609newHashSet</H3> 610<PRE> 611public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E> <B>newHashSet</B>(E... elements)</PRE> 612<DL> 613<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 614 elements in unspecified order. 615 616 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 617 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#of(E...)"><CODE>ImmutableSet.of(Object[])</CODE></A> instead. 618 619 <p><b>Note:</b> if <code>E</code> is an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Enum</CODE></A> type, use <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true#of(E, E...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet.of(Enum, Enum[])</CODE></A> instead. 620<P> 621<DD><DL> 622<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the set should contain 623<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>HashSet</code> containing those elements (minus duplicates)</DL> 624</DD> 625</DL> 626<HR> 627 628<A NAME="newHashSetWithExpectedSize(int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 629newHashSetWithExpectedSize</H3> 630<PRE> 631public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E> <B>newHashSetWithExpectedSize</B>(int expectedSize)</PRE> 632<DL> 633<DD>Creates an empty <code>HashSet</code> instance with enough capacity to hold the 634 specified number of elements without rehashing. 635<P> 636<DD><DL> 637<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>expectedSize</CODE> - the expected size 638<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>HashSet</code> with enough capacity to hold <code>expectedSize</code> elements without rehashing 639<DT><B>Throws:</B> 640<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>expectedSize</code> is negative</DL> 641</DD> 642</DL> 643<HR> 644 645<A NAME="newHashSet(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 646newHashSet</H3> 647<PRE> 648public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E> <B>newHashSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 649<DL> 650<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 651 elements in unspecified order. 652 653 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 654 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#copyOf(java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>ImmutableSet.copyOf(Iterable)</CODE></A> instead. 655 656 <p><b>Note:</b> if <code>E</code> is an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Enum</CODE></A> type, use 657 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#newEnumSet(java.lang.Iterable, java.lang.Class)"><CODE>newEnumSet(Iterable, Class)</CODE></A> instead. 658<P> 659<DD><DL> 660<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the set should contain 661<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>HashSet</code> containing those elements (minus duplicates)</DL> 662</DD> 663</DL> 664<HR> 665 666<A NAME="newHashSet(java.util.Iterator)"><!-- --></A><H3> 667newHashSet</H3> 668<PRE> 669public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">HashSet</A><E> <B>newHashSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 670<DL> 671<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>HashSet</code> instance containing the given 672 elements in unspecified order. 673 674 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 675 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#copyOf(java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>ImmutableSet.copyOf(Iterable)</CODE></A> instead. 676 677 <p><b>Note:</b> if <code>E</code> is an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Enum</CODE></A> type, you should create an 678 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet</CODE></A> instead. 679<P> 680<DD><DL> 681<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the set should contain 682<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>HashSet</code> containing those elements (minus duplicates)</DL> 683</DD> 684</DL> 685<HR> 686 687<A NAME="newLinkedHashSet()"><!-- --></A><H3> 688newLinkedHashSet</H3> 689<PRE> 690public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedHashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedHashSet</A><E> <B>newLinkedHashSet</B>()</PRE> 691<DL> 692<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>LinkedHashSet</code> instance. 693 694 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#of()"><CODE>ImmutableSet.of()</CODE></A> instead. 695<P> 696<DD><DL> 697 698<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>LinkedHashSet</code></DL> 699</DD> 700</DL> 701<HR> 702 703<A NAME="newLinkedHashSet(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 704newLinkedHashSet</H3> 705<PRE> 706public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/LinkedHashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">LinkedHashSet</A><E> <B>newLinkedHashSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 707<DL> 708<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>LinkedHashSet</code> instance containing the 709 given elements in order. 710 711 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required and the elements are 712 non-null, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet.html#copyOf(java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>ImmutableSet.copyOf(Iterable)</CODE></A> instead. 713<P> 714<DD><DL> 715<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the set should contain, in order 716<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>LinkedHashSet</code> containing those elements (minus 717 duplicates)</DL> 718</DD> 719</DL> 720<HR> 721 722<A NAME="newTreeSet()"><!-- --></A><H3> 723newTreeSet</H3> 724<PRE> 725public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A>> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E> <B>newTreeSet</B>()</PRE> 726<DL> 727<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>TreeSet</code> instance sorted by the 728 natural sort ordering of its elements. 729 730 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSortedSet.html#of()"><CODE>ImmutableSortedSet.of()</CODE></A> instead. 731<P> 732<DD><DL> 733 734<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>TreeSet</code></DL> 735</DD> 736</DL> 737<HR> 738 739<A NAME="newTreeSet(java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 740newTreeSet</H3> 741<PRE> 742public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A>> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E> <B>newTreeSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends E> elements)</PRE> 743<DL> 744<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i> <code>TreeSet</code> instance containing the given 745 elements sorted by their natural ordering. 746 747 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSortedSet.html#copyOf(java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(Iterable)</CODE></A> instead. 748 749 <p><b>Note:</b> If <code>elements</code> is a <code>SortedSet</code> with an explicit 750 comparator, this method has different behavior than 751 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true#TreeSet(java.util.SortedSet)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>TreeSet.TreeSet(SortedSet)</CODE></A>, which returns a <code>TreeSet</code> with 752 that comparator. 753<P> 754<DD><DL> 755<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>elements</CODE> - the elements that the set should contain 756<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new <code>TreeSet</code> containing those elements (minus duplicates)</DL> 757</DD> 758</DL> 759<HR> 760 761<A NAME="newTreeSet(java.util.Comparator)"><!-- --></A><H3> 762newTreeSet</H3> 763<PRE> 764public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">TreeSet</A><E> <B>newTreeSet</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><? super E> comparator)</PRE> 765<DL> 766<DD>Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty <code>TreeSet</code> instance with the given 767 comparator. 768 769 <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use <code>ImmutableSortedSet.orderedBy(comparator).build()</code> instead. 770<P> 771<DD><DL> 772<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>comparator</CODE> - the comparator to use to sort the set 773<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, empty <code>TreeSet</code> 774<DT><B>Throws:</B> 775<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if <code>comparator</code> is null</DL> 776</DD> 777</DL> 778<HR> 779 780<A NAME="complementOf(java.util.Collection)"><!-- --></A><H3> 781complementOf</H3> 782<PRE> 783public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">EnumSet</A><E> <B>complementOf</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A><E> collection)</PRE> 784<DL> 785<DD>Creates an <code>EnumSet</code> consisting of all enum values that are not in 786 the specified collection. If the collection is an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet</CODE></A>, this 787 method has the same behavior as <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true#complementOf(java.util.EnumSet)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet.complementOf(java.util.EnumSet<E>)</CODE></A>. Otherwise, 788 the specified collection must contain at least one element, in order to 789 determine the element type. If the collection could be empty, use 790 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.html#complementOf(java.util.Collection, java.lang.Class)"><CODE>complementOf(Collection, Class)</CODE></A> instead of this method. 791<P> 792<DD><DL> 793<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>collection</CODE> - the collection whose complement should be stored in the 794 enum set 795<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, modifiable <code>EnumSet</code> containing all values of the enum 796 that aren't present in the given collection 797<DT><B>Throws:</B> 798<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>collection</code> is not an 799 <code>EnumSet</code> instance and contains no elements</DL> 800</DD> 801</DL> 802<HR> 803 804<A NAME="complementOf(java.util.Collection, java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 805complementOf</H3> 806<PRE> 807public static <E extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Enum</A><E>> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">EnumSet</A><E> <B>complementOf</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A><E> collection, 808 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><E> type)</PRE> 809<DL> 810<DD>Creates an <code>EnumSet</code> consisting of all enum values that are not in 811 the specified collection. This is equivalent to 812 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/EnumSet.html?is-external=true#complementOf(java.util.EnumSet)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>EnumSet.complementOf(java.util.EnumSet<E>)</CODE></A>, but can act on any input collection, as long 813 as the elements are of enum type. 814<P> 815<DD><DL> 816<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>collection</CODE> - the collection whose complement should be stored in the 817 <code>EnumSet</code><DD><CODE>type</CODE> - the type of the elements in the set 818<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new, modifiable <code>EnumSet</code> initially containing all the 819 values of the enum not present in the given collection</DL> 820</DD> 821</DL> 822<HR> 823 824<A NAME="newSetFromMap(java.util.Map)"><!-- --></A><H3> 825newSetFromMap</H3> 826<PRE> 827public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> <B>newSetFromMap</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><E,<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Boolean.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Boolean</A>> map)</PRE> 828<DL> 829<DD>Returns a set backed by the specified map. The resulting set displays 830 the same ordering, concurrency, and performance characteristics as the 831 backing map. In essence, this factory method provides a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Set</CODE></A> 832 implementation corresponding to any <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Map</CODE></A> implementation. There is no 833 need to use this method on a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Map</CODE></A> implementation that already has a 834 corresponding <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Set</CODE></A> implementation (such as <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>HashMap</CODE></A> or 835 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeMap.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>TreeMap</CODE></A>). 836 837 <p>Each method invocation on the set returned by this method results in 838 exactly one method invocation on the backing map or its <tt>keySet</tt> 839 view, with one exception. The <tt>addAll</tt> method is implemented as a 840 sequence of <tt>put</tt> invocations on the backing map. 841 842 <p>The specified map must be empty at the time this method is invoked, 843 and should not be accessed directly after this method returns. These 844 conditions are ensured if the map is created empty, passed directly 845 to this method, and no reference to the map is retained, as illustrated 846 in the following code fragment: <pre> <code>Set<Object> identityHashSet = Sets.newSetFromMap( 847 new IdentityHashMap<Object, Boolean>());</code></pre> 848 849 This method has the same behavior as the JDK 6 method 850 <code>Collections.newSetFromMap()</code>. The returned set is serializable if 851 the backing map is. 852<P> 853<DD><DL> 854<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>map</CODE> - the backing map 855<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the set backed by the map 856<DT><B>Throws:</B> 857<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <tt>map</tt> is not empty</DL> 858</DD> 859</DL> 860<HR> 861 862<A NAME="union(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)"><!-- --></A><H3> 863union</H3> 864<PRE> 865public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E> <B>union</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends E> set1, 866 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends E> set2)</PRE> 867<DL> 868<DD>Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the union of two sets. The returned 869 set contains all elements that are contained in either backing set. 870 Iterating over the returned set iterates first over all the elements of 871 <code>set1</code>, then over each element of <code>set2</code>, in order, that is not 872 contained in <code>set1</code>. 873 874 <p>Results are undefined if <code>set1</code> and <code>set2</code> are sets based on 875 different equivalence relations (as <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>HashSet</CODE></A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>TreeSet</CODE></A>, and 876 the <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true#keySet()" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Map.keySet()</CODE></A> of an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/IdentityHashMap.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>IdentityHashMap</CODE></A> all are). 877 878 <p><b>Note:</b> The returned view performs better when <code>set1</code> is the 879 smaller of the two sets. If you have reason to believe one of your sets 880 will generally be smaller than the other, pass it first. 881<P> 882<DD><DL> 883</DL> 884</DD> 885</DL> 886<HR> 887 888<A NAME="intersection(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)"><!-- --></A><H3> 889intersection</H3> 890<PRE> 891public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E> <B>intersection</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> set1, 892 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><?> set2)</PRE> 893<DL> 894<DD>Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the intersection of two sets. The 895 returned set contains all elements that are contained by both backing sets. 896 The iteration order of the returned set matches that of <code>set1</code>. 897 898 <p>Results are undefined if <code>set1</code> and <code>set2</code> are sets based 899 on different equivalence relations (as <code>HashSet</code>, <code>TreeSet</code>, 900 and the keySet of an <code>IdentityHashMap</code> all are). 901 902 <p><b>Note:</b> The returned view performs slightly better when <code>set1</code> is the smaller of the two sets. If you have reason to believe one of 903 your sets will generally be smaller than the other, pass it first. 904 Unfortunately, since this method sets the generic type of the returned set 905 based on the type of the first set passed, this could in rare cases force 906 you to make a cast, for example: <pre> <code>Set<Object> aFewBadObjects = ... 907 Set<String> manyBadStrings = ... 908 909 // impossible for a non-String to be in the intersection 910 SuppressWarnings("unchecked") 911 Set<String> badStrings = (Set) Sets.intersection( 912 aFewBadObjects, manyBadStrings);</code></pre> 913 914 This is unfortunate, but should come up only very rarely. 915<P> 916<DD><DL> 917</DL> 918</DD> 919</DL> 920<HR> 921 922<A NAME="difference(java.util.Set, java.util.Set)"><!-- --></A><H3> 923difference</H3> 924<PRE> 925public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">Sets.SetView</A><E> <B>difference</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> set1, 926 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><?> set2)</PRE> 927<DL> 928<DD>Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the difference of two sets. The 929 returned set contains all elements that are contained by <code>set1</code> and 930 not contained by <code>set2</code>. <code>set2</code> may also contain elements not 931 present in <code>set1</code>; these are simply ignored. The iteration order of 932 the returned set matches that of <code>set1</code>. 933 934 <p>Results are undefined if <code>set1</code> and <code>set2</code> are sets based 935 on different equivalence relations (as <code>HashSet</code>, <code>TreeSet</code>, 936 and the keySet of an <code>IdentityHashMap</code> all are). 937<P> 938<DD><DL> 939</DL> 940</DD> 941</DL> 942<HR> 943 944<A NAME="filter(java.util.Set, com.google.common.base.Predicate)"><!-- --></A><H3> 945filter</H3> 946<PRE> 947public static <E> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> <B>filter</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><E> unfiltered, 948 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Predicate</A><? super E> predicate)</PRE> 949<DL> 950<DD>Returns the elements of <code>unfiltered</code> that satisfy a predicate. The 951 returned set is a live view of <code>unfiltered</code>; changes to one affect 952 the other. 953 954 <p>The resulting set's iterator does not support <code>remove()</code>, but all 955 other set methods are supported. The set's <code>add()</code> and 956 <code>addAll()</code> methods throw an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>IllegalArgumentException</CODE></A> if an 957 element that doesn't satisfy the predicate is provided. When methods such 958 as <code>removeAll()</code> and <code>clear()</code> are called on the filtered set, 959 only elements that satisfy the filter will be removed from the underlying 960 collection. 961 962 <p>The returned set isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if 963 <code>unfiltered</code> is. 964 965 <p>Many of the filtered set's methods, such as <code>size()</code>, iterate 966 across every element in the underlying set and determine which elements 967 satisfy the filter. When a live view is <i>not</i> needed, it may be faster 968 to copy <code>Iterables.filter(unfiltered, predicate)</code> and use the copy. 969<P> 970<DD><DL> 971</DL> 972</DD> 973</DL> 974<HR> 975 976<A NAME="cartesianProduct(java.util.List)"><!-- --></A><H3> 977cartesianProduct</H3> 978<PRE> 979public static <B> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><B>> <B>cartesianProduct</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><? extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends B>> sets)</PRE> 980<DL> 981<DD>Returns every possible list that can be formed by choosing one element 982 from each of the given sets in order; the "n-ary 983 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product">Cartesian 984 product</a>" of the sets. For example: <pre class="code"> <code>cartesianProduct(ImmutableList.of( 985 ImmutableSet.of(1, 2), 986 ImmutableSet.of("A", "B", "C")))</code></pre> 987 988 returns a set containing six lists: 989 990 <ul> 991 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "A")</code> 992 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "B")</code> 993 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "C")</code> 994 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "A")</code> 995 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "B")</code> 996 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "C")</code> 997 </ul> 998 999 The order in which these lists are returned is not guaranteed, however the 1000 position of an element inside a tuple always corresponds to the position of 1001 the set from which it came in the input list. Note that if any input set is 1002 empty, the Cartesian product will also be empty. If no sets at all are 1003 provided (an empty list), the resulting Cartesian product has one element, 1004 an empty list (counter-intuitive, but mathematically consistent). 1005<P> 1006<DD><DL> 1007<DT><B>Type Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>B</CODE> - any common base class shared by all axes (often just <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Object</CODE></A>)<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>sets</CODE> - the sets to choose elements from, in the order that 1008 the elements chosen from those sets should appear in the resulting 1009 lists 1010<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the Cartesian product, as an immutable set containing immutable 1011 lists 1012<DT><B>Throws:</B> 1013<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if <code>sets</code>, any one of the <code>sets</code>, 1014 or any element of a provided set is null<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 1015 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>tentative</b></DD> 1016</DL> 1017</DD> 1018</DL> 1019<HR> 1020 1021<A NAME="cartesianProduct(java.util.Set...)"><!-- --></A><H3> 1022cartesianProduct</H3> 1023<PRE> 1024public static <B> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><B>> <B>cartesianProduct</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><? extends B>... sets)</PRE> 1025<DL> 1026<DD>Returns every possible list that can be formed by choosing one element 1027 from each of the given sets in order; the "n-ary 1028 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product">Cartesian 1029 product</a>" of the sets. For example: <pre class="code"> <code>cartesianProduct( 1030 ImmutableSet.of(1, 2), 1031 ImmutableSet.of("A", "B", "C"))</code></pre> 1032 1033 returns a set containing six lists: 1034 w 1035 <ul> 1036 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "A")</code> 1037 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "B")</code> 1038 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(1, "C")</code> 1039 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "A")</code> 1040 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "B")</code> 1041 <li><code>ImmutableList.of(2, "C")</code> 1042 </ul> 1043 1044 The order in which these lists are returned is not guaranteed, however the 1045 position of an element inside a tuple always corresponds to the position of 1046 the set from which it came in the input list. Note that if any input set is 1047 empty, the Cartesian product will also be empty. If no sets at all are 1048 provided, the resulting Cartesian product has one element, an empty list 1049 (counter-intuitive, but mathematically consistent). 1050<P> 1051<DD><DL> 1052<DT><B>Type Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>B</CODE> - any common base class shared by all axes (often just <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Object</CODE></A>)<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>sets</CODE> - the sets to choose elements from, in the order that 1053 the elements chosen from those sets should appear in the resulting 1054 lists 1055<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the Cartesian product, as an immutable set containing immutable 1056 lists 1057<DT><B>Throws:</B> 1058<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if <code>sets</code>, any one of the <code>sets</code>, 1059 or any element of a provided set is null<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 1060 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>tentative</b></DD> 1061</DL> 1062</DD> 1063</DL> 1064<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 1065<HR> 1066 1067 1068<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 1069<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 1070<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 1071<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 1072<TR> 1073<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 1074<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 1075<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 1076 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 1077 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1078 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1079 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 1080 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/Sets.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1081 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1082 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1083 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1084 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 1085 </TR> 1086</TABLE> 1087</TD> 1088<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 1089</EM> 1090</TD> 1091</TR> 1092 1093<TR> 1094<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 1095 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 1096 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 1097<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 1098 <A HREF="../../../../index.html?com/google/common/collect/Sets.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 1099 <A HREF="Sets.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 1100 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 1101 <!-- 1102 if(window==top) { 1103 document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 1104 } 1105 //--> 1106</SCRIPT> 1107<NOSCRIPT> 1108 <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 1109</NOSCRIPT> 1110 1111 1112</FONT></TD> 1113</TR> 1114<TR> 1115<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 1116 SUMMARY: <A HREF="#nested_class_summary">NESTED</A> | FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 1117<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 1118DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 1119</TR> 1120</TABLE> 1121<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 1122<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 1123 1124<HR> 1125 1126</BODY> 1127</HTML> 1128
