public class java.util
TreeSet<E>


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Java SE 6
  
Extends: AbstractCollection > AbstractSet
Implements: NavigableSet, Cloneable, Serializable
Details
A NavigableSet implementation based on a TreeMap. The elements are ordered using their natural ordering, or by a Comparator provided at set creation time, depending on which constructor is used.

This implementation provides guaranteed log(n) time cost for the basic operations (add, remove and contains).

Note that the ordering maintained by a set (whether or not an explicit comparator is provided) must be consistent with equals if it is to correctly implement the Set interface. (See Comparable or Comparator for a precise definition of consistent with equals.) This is so because the Set interface is defined in terms of the equals operation, but a TreeSet instance performs all element comparisons using its compareTo (or compare) method, so two elements that are deemed equal by this method are, from the standpoint of the set, equal. The behavior of a set is well-defined even if its ordering is inconsistent with equals; it just fails to obey the general contract of the Set interface.

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access a tree set concurrently, and at least one of the threads modifies the set, it must be synchronized externally. This is typically accomplished by synchronizing on some object that naturally encapsulates the set. If no such object exists, the set should be "wrapped" using the Collections.synchronizedSortedSet method. This is best done at creation time, to prevent accidental unsynchronized access to the set:

   SortedSet s = Collections.synchronizedSortedSet(new TreeSet(...));

The iterators returned by this class's iterator method are fail-fast: if the set is modified at any time after the iterator is created, in any way except through the iterator's own remove method, the iterator will throw a ConcurrentModificationException. Thus, in the face of concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and cleanly, rather than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an undetermined time in the future.

Note that the fail-fast behavior of an iterator cannot be guaranteed as it is, generally speaking, impossible to make any hard guarantees in the presence of unsynchronized concurrent modification. Fail-fast iterators throw ConcurrentModificationException on a best-effort basis. Therefore, it would be wrong to write a program that depended on this exception for its correctness: the fail-fast behavior of iterators should be used only to detect bugs.

This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
Ethe type of elements maintained by this set
version1.37, 05/10/06
since1.2
See also java.util.Collection, java.util.Set, java.util.HashSet, java.lang.Comparable, java.util.Comparator, java.util.TreeMap


Constructors
public TreeSet()
Constructs a new, empty tree set, sorted according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements inserted into the set must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all such elements must be mutually comparable: e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the set. If the user attempts to add an element to the set that violates this constraint (for example, the user attempts to add a string element to a set whose elements are integers), the add call will throw a ClassCastException.
public TreeSet(Comparator comparator) Details
Constructs a new, empty tree set, sorted according to the specified comparator. All elements inserted into the set must be mutually comparable by the specified comparator: comparator.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the set. If the user attempts to add an element to the set that violates this constraint, the add call will throw a ClassCastException.
comparatorthe comparator that will be used to order this set. If null, the natural ordering of the elements will be used.
public TreeSet(Collection c) Details
Constructs a new tree set containing the elements in the specified collection, sorted according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements inserted into the set must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all such elements must be mutually comparable: e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the set.
ccollection whose elements will comprise the new set
ThrowsClassCastException: if the elements in c are not Comparable, or are not mutually comparable
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified collection is null
public TreeSet(SortedSet s) Details
Constructs a new tree set containing the same elements and using the same ordering as the specified sorted set.
ssorted set whose elements will comprise the new set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified sorted set is null

Methods
public boolean add(Object e) Details
Adds the specified element to this set if it is not already present. More formally, adds the specified element e to this set if the set contains no element e2 such that (e==null ? e2==null : e.equals(e2)). If this set already contains the element, the call leaves the set unchanged and returns false.
eelement to be added to this set
returntrue if this set did not already contain the specified element
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified object cannot be compared with the elements currently in this set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
public boolean addAll(Collection c) Details
Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this set.
ccollection containing elements to be added to this set
returntrue if this set changed as a result of the call
ThrowsClassCastException: if the elements provided cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified collection is null or if any element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
public Object ceiling(Object e) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified element cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
since1.6
public void clear()
Removes all of the elements from this set. The set will be empty after this call returns.
public Object clone() Details
Returns a shallow copy of this TreeSet instance. (The elements themselves are not cloned.)
returna shallow copy of this set
public Comparator comparator()
public boolean contains(Object o) Details
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 (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)).
oobject to be checked for containment in this set
returntrue if this set contains the specified element
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified object cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
public Iterator descendingIterator() Details
Returns an iterator over the elements in this set in descending order.
returnan iterator over the elements in this set in descending order
since1.6
public NavigableSet descendingSet() Details
since1.6
public Object first() Details
ThrowsNoSuchElementException: if this set is empty
public Object floor(Object e) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified element cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
since1.6
public NavigableSet headSet(Object toElement, boolean inclusive) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if toElement is not compatible with this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, if toElement does not implement Comparable). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if toElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if toElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if this set itself has a restricted range, and toElement lies outside the bounds of the range
since1.6
public SortedSet headSet(Object toElement) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if toElement is not compatible with this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, if toElement does not implement Comparable). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if toElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if toElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if this set itself has a restricted range, and toElement lies outside the bounds of the range na
public Object higher(Object e) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified element cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
since1.6
public Iterator iterator() Details
Returns an iterator over the elements in this set in ascending order.
returnan iterator over the elements in this set in ascending order
public Object last() Details
ThrowsNoSuchElementException: if this set is empty
public Object lower(Object e) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified element cannot be compared with the elements currently in the set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
since1.6
public Object pollFirst() Details
since1.6
public Object pollLast() Details
since1.6
public boolean remove(Object o) Details
Removes the specified element from this set if it is present. More formally, removes an element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(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.)
oobject to be removed from this set, if present
returntrue if this set contained the specified element
ThrowsClassCastException: if the specified object cannot be compared with the elements currently in this set
ThrowsNullPointerException: if the specified element is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
public int size() Details
Returns the number of elements in this set (its cardinality).
returnthe number of elements in this set (its cardinality)
public NavigableSet subSet(Object fromElement, boolean fromInclusive, Object toElement, boolean toInclusive) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if fromElement and toElement cannot be compared to one another using this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, using natural ordering). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if fromElement or toElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if fromElement or toElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if fromElement is greater than toElement; or if this set itself has a restricted range, and fromElement or toElement lies outside the bounds of the range.
since1.6
public SortedSet subSet(Object fromElement, Object toElement) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if fromElement and toElement cannot be compared to one another using this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, using natural ordering). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if fromElement or toElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if fromElement or toElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if fromElement is greater than toElement; or if this set itself has a restricted range, and fromElement or toElement lies outside the bounds of the range
public NavigableSet tailSet(Object fromElement, boolean inclusive) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if fromElement is not compatible with this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, if fromElement does not implement Comparable). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if fromElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if fromElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if this set itself has a restricted range, and fromElement lies outside the bounds of the range
since1.6
public SortedSet tailSet(Object fromElement) Details
ThrowsClassCastException: if fromElement is not compatible with this set's comparator (or, if the set has no comparator, if fromElement does not implement Comparable). Implementations may, but are not required to, throw this exception if fromElement cannot be compared to elements currently in the set.
ThrowsNullPointerException: if fromElement is null and this set uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null elements
ThrowsIllegalArgumentException: if this set itself has a restricted range, and fromElement lies outside the bounds of the range

Properties
public boolean isEmpty() Details
Returns true if this set contains no elements.
returntrue if this set contains no elements