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public class

TreeSet

extends AbstractSet<E>
implements Serializable Cloneable SortedSet<E>

java.lang.Object
↳	java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
	↳	java.util.AbstractSet<E>
		↳	java.util.TreeSet<E>

Class Overview

TreeSet is an implementation of SortedSet. All optional operations (adding and removing) are supported. The elements can be any objects which are comparable to each other either using their natural order or a specified Comparator.

Summary

Public Constructors
	TreeSet() Constructs a new empty instance of `TreeSet` which uses natural ordering.
	TreeSet(Collection<? extends E> collection) Constructs a new instance of `TreeSet` which uses natural ordering and containing the unique elements in the specified collection.
	TreeSet(Comparator<? super E> comparator) Constructs a new empty instance of `TreeSet` which uses the specified comparator.
	TreeSet(SortedSet<E> set) Constructs a new instance of `TreeSet` containing the elements of the specified SortedSet and using the same Comparator.

Public Methods
boolean	add(E object) Adds the specified object to this `TreeSet`.
boolean	addAll(Collection<? extends E> collection) Adds the objects in the specified collection to this `TreeSet`.
void	clear() Removes all elements from this `TreeSet`, leaving it empty.
Object	clone() Returns a new `TreeSet` with the same elements, size and comparator as this `TreeSet`.
Comparator<? super E>	comparator() Returns the comparator used to compare elements in this `TreeSet`.
boolean	contains(Object object) Searches this `TreeSet` for the specified object.
E	first() Returns the first element in this `TreeSet`.
SortedSet<E>	headSet(E end) Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this `TreeSet` which contains elements which are all less than the end element.
boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if this `TreeSet` has no element, otherwise false.
Iterator<E>	iterator() Returns an Iterator on the elements of this `TreeSet`.
E	last() Returns the last element in this `TreeSet`.
boolean	remove(Object object) Removes an occurrence of the specified object from this `TreeSet`.
int	size() Returns the number of elements in this `TreeSet`.
SortedSet<E>	subSet(E start, E end) Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this `TreeSet` which contains elements greater or equal to the start element but less than the end element.
SortedSet<E>	tailSet(E start) Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this `TreeSet` which contains elements greater or equal to the start element.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.util.AbstractSet

From class java.util.AbstractCollection

boolean	add(E object) Attempts to add `object` to the contents of this `Collection` (optional).
boolean	addAll(Collection<? extends E> collection) Attempts to add all of the objects contained in `collection` to the contents of this `Collection` (optional).
void	clear() Removes all elements from this `Collection`, leaving it empty (optional).
boolean	contains(Object object) Tests whether this `Collection` contains the specified object.
boolean	containsAll(Collection<?> collection) Tests whether this `Collection` contains all objects contained in the specified `Collection`.
boolean	isEmpty() Returns if this `Collection` contains no elements.
abstract Iterator<E>	iterator() Returns an instance of Iterator that may be used to access the objects contained by this `Collection`.
boolean	remove(Object object) Removes one instance of the specified object from this `Collection` if one is contained (optional).
boolean	removeAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all occurrences in this `Collection` of each object in the specified `Collection` (optional).
boolean	retainAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all objects from this `Collection` that are not also found in the `Collection` passed (optional).
abstract int	size() Returns a count of how many objects this `Collection` contains.
<T> T[]	toArray(T[] contents) Returns an array containing all elements contained in this `Collection`.
Object[]	toArray() Returns a new array containing all elements contained in this `Collection`.
String	toString() Returns the string representation of this `Collection`.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Is called before the object's memory is being reclaimed by the VM.
final Class<? extends Object>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class which represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.

From interface java.lang.Iterable

From interface java.util.Collection

abstract boolean	add(E object) Attempts to add `object` to the contents of this `Collection` (optional).
abstract boolean	addAll(Collection<? extends E> collection) Attempts to add all of the objects contained in `Collection` to the contents of this `Collection` (optional).
abstract void	clear() Removes all elements from this `Collection`, leaving it empty (optional).
abstract boolean	contains(Object object) Tests whether this `Collection` contains the specified object.
abstract boolean	containsAll(Collection<?> collection) Tests whether this `Collection` contains all objects contained in the specified `Collection`.
abstract boolean	equals(Object object) Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
abstract int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for the receiver.
abstract boolean	isEmpty() Returns if this `Collection` contains no elements.
abstract Iterator<E>	iterator() Returns an instance of Iterator that may be used to access the objects contained by this `Collection`.
abstract boolean	remove(Object object) Removes one instance of the specified object from this `Collection` if one is contained (optional).
abstract boolean	removeAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all occurrences in this `Collection` of each object in the specified `Collection` (optional).
abstract boolean	retainAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all objects from this `Collection` that are not also found in the `Collection` passed (optional).
abstract int	size() Returns a count of how many objects this `Collection` contains.
abstract <T> T[]	toArray(T[] array) Returns an array containing all elements contained in this `Collection`.
abstract Object[]	toArray() Returns a new array containing all elements contained in this `Collection`.

From interface java.util.Set

abstract boolean	add(E object) Adds the specified object to this set.
abstract boolean	addAll(Collection<? extends E> collection) Adds the objects in the specified collection which do not exist yet in this set.
abstract void	clear() Removes all elements from this set, leaving it empty.
abstract boolean	contains(Object object) Searches this set for the specified object.
abstract boolean	containsAll(Collection<?> collection) Searches this set for all objects in the specified collection.
abstract boolean	equals(Object object) Compares the specified object to this set, and returns true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
abstract int	hashCode() Returns the hash code for this set.
abstract boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if this set has no elements.
abstract Iterator<E>	iterator() Returns an iterator on the elements of this set.
abstract boolean	remove(Object object) Removes the specified object from this set.
abstract boolean	removeAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all objects in the specified collection from this set.
abstract boolean	retainAll(Collection<?> collection) Removes all objects from this set that are not contained in the specified collection.
abstract int	size() Returns the number of elements in this set.
abstract <T> T[]	toArray(T[] array) Returns an array containing all elements contained in this set.
abstract Object[]	toArray() Returns an array containing all elements contained in this set.

From interface java.util.SortedSet

Public Constructors

public TreeSet ()

Constructs a new empty instance of TreeSet which uses natural ordering.

public TreeSet (Collection<? extends E> collection)

Constructs a new instance of TreeSet which uses natural ordering and containing the unique elements in the specified collection.

Parameters

collection	the collection of elements to add.

Throws

ClassCastException	when an element in the collection does not implement the Comparable interface, or the elements in the collection cannot be compared.

public TreeSet (Comparator<? super E> comparator)

Constructs a new empty instance of TreeSet which uses the specified comparator.

Parameters

comparator	the comparator to use.

public TreeSet (SortedSet<E> set)

Constructs a new instance of TreeSet containing the elements of the specified SortedSet and using the same Comparator.

Parameters

set	the SortedSet of elements to add.

Public Methods

public boolean add (E object)

Adds the specified object to this TreeSet.

Parameters

object	the object to add.

Returns

true when this TreeSet did not already contain the object, false otherwise.

Throws

ClassCastException	when the object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public boolean addAll (Collection<? extends E> collection)

Adds the objects in the specified collection to this TreeSet.

Parameters

collection	the collection of objects to add.

Returns

true if this TreeSet was modified, false otherwise.

Throws

ClassCastException	when an object in the collection cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when an object in the collection is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public void clear ()

Removes all elements from this TreeSet, leaving it empty.

public Object clone ()

Returns a new TreeSet with the same elements, size and comparator as this TreeSet.

Returns

a shallow copy of this TreeSet.

public Comparator<? super E> comparator ()

Returns the comparator used to compare elements in this TreeSet.

Returns

a Comparator or null if the natural ordering is used

public boolean contains (Object object)

Searches this TreeSet for the specified object.

Parameters

object	the object to search for.

Returns

true if object is an element of this TreeSet, false otherwise.

Throws

ClassCastException	when the object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public E first ()

Returns the first element in this TreeSet.

Returns

the first element.

Throws

NoSuchElementException	when this `TreeSet` is empty.

public SortedSet<E> headSet (E end)

Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this TreeSet which contains elements which are all less than the end element. The returned SortedSet is backed by this TreeSet so changes to one are reflected by the other.

Parameters

end	the end element.

Returns

a subset where the elements are less than end

Throws

ClassCastException	when the end object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the end object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public boolean isEmpty ()

Returns true if this TreeSet has no element, otherwise false.

Returns

true if this TreeSet has no element.

public Iterator<E> iterator ()

Returns an Iterator on the elements of this TreeSet.

Returns

an Iterator on the elements of this TreeSet.

public E last ()

Returns the last element in this TreeSet. The last element is the highest element.

Returns

the last element.

Throws

NoSuchElementException	when this `TreeSet` is empty.

public boolean remove (Object object)

Removes an occurrence of the specified object from this TreeSet.

Parameters

object	the object to remove.

Returns

true if this TreeSet was modified, false otherwise.

Throws

ClassCastException	when the object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public int size ()

Returns the number of elements in this TreeSet.

Returns

the number of elements in this TreeSet.

public SortedSet<E> subSet (E start, E end)

Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this TreeSet which contains elements greater or equal to the start element but less than the end element. The returned SortedSet is backed by this TreeSet so changes to one are reflected by the other.

Parameters

start	the start element.
end	the end element (exclusive).

Returns

a subset where the elements are greater or equal to start and less than end

Throws

ClassCastException	when the start or end object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the start or end object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

public SortedSet<E> tailSet (E start)

Returns a SortedSet of the specified portion of this TreeSet which contains elements greater or equal to the start element. The returned SortedSet is backed by this TreeSet so changes to one are reflected by the other.

Parameters

start	the start element.

Returns

a subset where the elements are greater or equal to start

Throws

ClassCastException	when the start object cannot be compared with the elements in this `TreeSet`.
NullPointerException	when the start object is null and the comparator cannot handle null.

Interfaces

Classes

Enums

Exceptions

TreeSet

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public TreeSet ()

public TreeSet (Collection<? extends E> collection)

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public TreeSet (Comparator<? super E> comparator)

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public TreeSet (SortedSet<E> set)

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Public Methods

public boolean add (E object)

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public boolean addAll (Collection<? extends E> collection)

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public void clear ()

See Also

public Object clone ()

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public Comparator<? super E> comparator ()

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public boolean contains (Object object)

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public E first ()

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public SortedSet<E> headSet (E end)

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public boolean isEmpty ()

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public Iterator<E> iterator ()

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public E last ()

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public boolean remove (Object object)

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public int size ()

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public SortedSet<E> subSet (E start, E end)

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public SortedSet<E> tailSet (E start)

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