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Interface com.objectspace.jgl.Set

public interface Set
extends Container
Set is the interface that is implemented by all of the Generic Container Library sets.

See Also:
HashSet, OrderedSet

Variable Index

o serialVersionUID

Method Index

o clone()
Return a shallow copy of myself.
o count(Object)
Return the number of items that match a particular object.
o get(Object)
Return the first object that matches the given object, or null if no match exists.
o put(Object)
If the object doesn't exist, add the object and return null, otherwise replace the first object that matches and return the old object.
o remove(Object)
Remove all objects that match the given object.
o remove(Object, int)
Remove at most a given number of objects that match the given object.

Variables

o serialVersionUID 
 public static final long serialVersionUID

Methods

o get 
 public abstract Object get(Object object)
Return the first object that matches the given object, or null if no match exists.

Parameters:
object - The object to match against.
See Also:
put
o put 
 public abstract Object put(Object object)
If the object doesn't exist, add the object and return null, otherwise replace the first object that matches and return the old object.

Parameters:
object - The object to add.
See Also:
get
o remove 
 public abstract int remove(Object key)
Remove all objects that match the given object.

Parameters:
object - The object to match for removals
Returns:
The number of objects removed.
o remove 
 public abstract int remove(Object key,
                            int count)
Remove at most a given number of objects that match the given object.

Parameters:
object - The object to match for removals
count - The maximum number of objects to remove.
Returns:
The number of objects removed.
o count 
 public abstract int count(Object object)
Return the number of items that match a particular object.

Parameters:
object - The object to match against.
o clone 
 public abstract Object clone()
Return a shallow copy of myself.

Overrides:
clone in class Object 
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