//: Collection1.java // Things you can do with all Collections package c08.newcollections; import java.util.*;
public class Collection1 { // Fill with 'size' elements, start // counting at 'start': public static Collection fill(Collection c, int start, int size) { for(int i = start; i < start + size; i++) c.add(Integer.toString(i)); return c; } // Default to a "start" of 0: public static Collection fill(Collection c, int size) { return fill(c, 0, size); } // Default to 10 elements: public static Collection fill(Collection c) { return fill(c, 0, 10); } // Create & upcast to Collection: public static Collection newCollection() { return fill(new ArrayList()); // ArrayList is used for simplicity, but it's // only seen as a generic Collection // everywhere else in the PRogram. } // Fill a Collection with a range of values: public static Collection newCollection(int start, int size) { return fill(new ArrayList(), start, size); } // Moving through a List with an iterator: public static void print(Collection c) { for(Iterator x = c.iterator(); x.hasNext();) System.out.print(x.next() + " "); System.out.println(); } public static void main(String[] args) { Collection c = newCollection(); c.add("ten"); c.add("eleven"); print(c); // Make an array from the List: Object[] array = c.toArray(); // Make a String array from the List: String[] str = (String[])c.toArray(new String[1]); // Find max and min elements; this means // different things depending on the way // the Comparable interface is implemented: System.out.println("Collections.max(c) = " + Collections.max(c)); System.out.println("Collections.min(c) = " + Collections.min(c)); // Add a Collection to another Collection c.addAll(newCollection()); print(c); c.remove("3"); // Removes the first one print(c); c.remove("3"); // Removes the second one print(c); // Remove all components that are in the // argument collection: c.removeAll(newCollection()); print(c); c.addAll(newCollection()); print(c); // Is an element in this Collection? System.out.println( "c.contains(/"4/") = " + c.contains("4")); // Is a Collection in this Collection? System.out.println( "c.containsAll(newCollection()) = " + c.containsAll(newCollection())); Collection c2 = newCollection(5, 3); // Keep all the elements that are in both // c and c2 (an intersection of sets): c.retainAll(c2); print(c); // Throw away all the elements in c that // also appear in c2: c.removeAll(c2); System.out.println("c.isEmpty() = " + c.isEmpty()); c = newCollection(); print(c); c.clear(); // Remove all elements System.out.println("after c.clear():"); print(c); } } ///:~
