Package de.isas.mztab2.cvmapping

Class SetOperations

java.lang.Object

de.isas.mztab2.cvmapping.SetOperations

public class SetOperations
extends Object

Utility methods for sets with common names.

Author:

nilshoffmann

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SetOperations()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Set<T>	complement(Set<T> a, Set<T> b)	Returns the complement (a without elements also in b) of a and b.
static <T> Set<T>	intersection(Set<T> a, Set<T> b)	Returns the intersection (a \cap b, all common elements) of a and b.
static <T> Set<T>	newSet(Collection<? extends T> c)	Creates a new typed LinkedHashSet (preserving order of insertion) from the given collection.
static <T> Set<T>	symmetricDifference(Set<T> a, Set<T> b)	Returns the symmetric set difference (union(complement(a,b),complement(b,a))) on a and b.
static <T> Set<T>	union(Set<T> a, Set<T> b)	Returns the union (a+b) of a and b.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SetOperations

public SetOperations()

Method Detail

newSet

public static <T> Set<T> newSet(Collection<? extends T> c)

Creates a new typed LinkedHashSet (preserving order of insertion) from the given collection.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

c - the collection

Returns:

a new typed hash set

union

public static <T> Set<T> union(Set<T> a,
                               Set<T> b)

Returns the union (a+b) of a and b.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

a - set a

b - set b

Returns:

the union of a and b

intersection

public static <T> Set<T> intersection(Set<T> a,
                                      Set<T> b)

Returns the intersection (a \cap b, all common elements) of a and b.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

a - set a

b - set b

Returns:

the intersection of a and b

complement

public static <T> Set<T> complement(Set<T> a,
                                    Set<T> b)

Returns the complement (a without elements also in b) of a and b.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

a - set a

b - set b

Returns:

the complement of a and b

symmetricDifference

public static <T> Set<T> symmetricDifference(Set<T> a,
                                             Set<T> b)

Returns the symmetric set difference (union(complement(a,b),complement(b,a))) on a and b.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

a - set a

b - set b

Returns:

the symmetric set difference