Class EnumSet<E extends Enum<E>>

java.lang.Object

java.util.AbstractCollection<E>

java.util.AbstractSet<E>

java.util.EnumSet<E>

Type Parameters:: E - the enum type of elements maintained by this set

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<E>, Collection<E>, Set<E>

public abstract sealed class EnumSet<E extends Enum<E>> extends AbstractSet<E> implements Cloneable, Serializable

A specialized Set implementation for use with enum types. All of the elements in an enum set must come from a single enum type that is specified, explicitly or implicitly, when the set is created. Enum sets are represented internally as bit vectors. This representation is extremely compact and efficient. The space and time performance of this class should be good enough to allow its use as a high-quality, typesafe alternative to traditional int-based "bit flags." Even bulk operations (such as containsAll and retainAll) should run very quickly if their argument is also an enum set.

The iterator returned by the iterator method traverses the elements in their natural order (the order in which the enum constants are declared). The returned iterator is weakly consistent: it will never throw ConcurrentModificationException and it may or may not show the effects of any modifications to the set that occur while the iteration is in progress.

Null elements are not permitted. Attempts to insert a null element will throw NullPointerException. Attempts to test for the presence of a null element or to remove one will, however, function properly.

Like most collection implementations, EnumSet is not synchronized. If multiple threads access an enum set concurrently, and at least one of the threads modifies the set, it should be synchronized externally. This is typically accomplished by synchronizing on some object that naturally encapsulates the enum set. If no such object exists, the set should be "wrapped" using the Collections.synchronizedSet(Set) method. This is best done at creation time, to prevent accidental unsynchronized access:

Set<MyEnum> s = Collections.synchronizedSet(EnumSet.noneOf(MyEnum.class));

Implementation note: All basic operations execute in constant time. They are likely (though not guaranteed) to be much faster than their HashSet counterparts. Even bulk operations execute in constant time if their argument is also an enum set.

This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`allOf(Class<E> elementType)`	Creates an enum set containing all of the elements in the specified element type.
`EnumSet<E>`	`clone()`	Returns a copy of this set.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`complementOf(EnumSet<E> s)`	Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing all the elements of this type that are not contained in the specified set.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`copyOf(Collection<E> c)`	Creates an enum set initialized from the specified collection.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`copyOf(EnumSet<E> s)`	Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing the same elements (if any).
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`noneOf(Class<E> elementType)`	Creates an empty enum set with the specified element type.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E e)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified element.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E e1, E e2)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E first, E... rest)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E e1, E e2, E e3)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5)`	Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
`static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>`	`range(E from, E to)`	Creates an enum set initially containing all of the elements in the range defined by the two specified endpoints.

Methods declared in class AbstractSet

equals, hashCode, removeAll

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`	Compares the specified object with this set for equality.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns the hash code value for this set.
`boolean`	`removeAll(Collection<?> c)`	Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation).

Methods declared in class AbstractCollection

add, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, isEmpty, iterator, remove, retainAll, toArray, toArray, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`add(E e)`	Ensures that this collection contains the specified element (optional operation).
`boolean`	`addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)`	Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this collection (optional operation).
`void`	`clear()`	Removes all of the elements from this collection (optional operation).
`boolean`	`contains(Object o)`	Returns `true` if this collection contains the specified element.
`boolean`	`containsAll(Collection<?> c)`	Returns `true` if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Returns `true` if this collection contains no elements.
`abstract Iterator<E>`	`iterator()`	Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this collection.
`boolean`	`remove(Object o)`	Removes a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present (optional operation).
`boolean`	`retainAll(Collection<?> c)`	Retains only the elements in this collection that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation).
`Object[]`	`toArray()`	Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection.
`<T> T[]`	`toArray(T[] a)`	Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of this collection.

Methods declared in class Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Methods declared in interface Collection

parallelStream, removeIf, stream, toArray

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Stream<E>`	`parallelStream()`	Returns a possibly parallel `Stream` with this collection as its source.
`default boolean`	`removeIf(Predicate<? super E> filter)`	Removes all of the elements of this collection that satisfy the given predicate (optional operation).
`default Stream<E>`	`stream()`	Returns a sequential `Stream` with this collection as its source.
`default <T> T[]`	`toArray(IntFunction<T[]> generator)`	Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection, using the provided `generator` function to allocate the returned array.

Methods declared in interface Iterable

forEach

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`forEach(Consumer<? super E> action)`	Performs the given action for each element of the `Iterable` until all elements have been processed or the action throws an exception.

Methods declared in interface Set

add, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, isEmpty, iterator, remove, retainAll, size, spliterator, toArray, toArray

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`add(E e)`	Adds the specified element to this set if it is not already present (optional operation).
`boolean`	`addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)`	Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this set if they're not already present (optional operation).
`void`	`clear()`	Removes all of the elements from this set (optional operation).
`boolean`	`contains(Object o)`	Returns `true` if this set contains the specified element.
`boolean`	`containsAll(Collection<?> c)`	Returns `true` if this set contains all of the elements of the specified collection.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Returns `true` if this set contains no elements.
`Iterator<E>`	`iterator()`	Returns an iterator over the elements in this set.
`boolean`	`remove(Object o)`	Removes the specified element from this set if it is present (optional operation).
`boolean`	`retainAll(Collection<?> c)`	Retains only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation).
`int`	`size()`	Returns the number of elements in this set (its cardinality).
`default Spliterator<E>`	`spliterator()`	Creates a `Spliterator` over the elements in this set.
`Object[]`	`toArray()`	Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set.
`<T> T[]`	`toArray(T[] a)`	Returns an array containing all of the elements in this set; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array.

Method Details

noneOf

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> noneOf(Class<E> elementType)

Creates an empty enum set with the specified element type.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the elements in the set
Parameters:: elementType - the class object of the element type for this enum set
Returns:: An empty enum set of the specified type.
Throws:: NullPointerException - if elementType is null

allOf

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> allOf(Class<E> elementType)

Creates an enum set containing all of the elements in the specified element type.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the elements in the set
Parameters:: elementType - the class object of the element type for this enum set
Returns:: An enum set containing all the elements in the specified type.
Throws:: NullPointerException - if elementType is null

copyOf

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> copyOf(EnumSet<E> s)

Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing the same elements (if any).

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the elements in the set
Parameters:: s - the enum set from which to initialize this enum set
Returns:: A copy of the specified enum set.
Throws:: NullPointerException - if s is null

copyOf

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> copyOf(Collection<E> c)

Creates an enum set initialized from the specified collection. If the specified collection is an EnumSet instance, this static factory method behaves identically to copyOf(EnumSet). Otherwise, the specified collection must contain at least one element (in order to determine the new enum set's element type).

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the elements in the collection
Parameters:: c - the collection from which to initialize this enum set
Returns:: An enum set initialized from the given collection.
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if c is not an EnumSet instance and contains no elements; NullPointerException - if c is null

complementOf

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> complementOf(EnumSet<E> s)

Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing all the elements of this type that are not contained in the specified set.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the elements in the enum set
Parameters:: s - the enum set from whose complement to initialize this enum set
Returns:: The complement of the specified set in this set
Throws:: NullPointerException - if s is null

of

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E e)

Creates an enum set initially containing the specified element. Overloadings of this method exist to initialize an enum set with one through five elements. A sixth overloading is provided that uses the varargs feature. This overloading may be used to create an enum set initially containing an arbitrary number of elements, but is likely to run slower than the overloadings that do not use varargs.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the specified element and of the set
Parameters:: e - the element that this set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified element
Throws:: NullPointerException - if e is null

of

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E e1, E e2)

Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements. Overloadings of this method exist to initialize an enum set with one through five elements. A sixth overloading is provided that uses the varargs feature. This overloading may be used to create an enum set initially containing an arbitrary number of elements, but is likely to run slower than the overloadings that do not use varargs.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: e1 - an element that this set is to contain initially; e2 - another element that this set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified elements
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any parameters are null

of

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3)

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: e1 - an element that this set is to contain initially; e2 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e3 - another element that this set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified elements
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any parameters are null

of

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4)

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: e1 - an element that this set is to contain initially; e2 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e3 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e4 - another element that this set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified elements
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any parameters are null

of

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5)

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: e1 - an element that this set is to contain initially; e2 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e3 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e4 - another element that this set is to contain initially; e5 - another element that this set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified elements
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any parameters are null

of

@SafeVarargs public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> of(E first, E... rest)

Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements. This factory, whose parameter list uses the varargs feature, may be used to create an enum set initially containing an arbitrary number of elements, but it is likely to run slower than the overloadings that do not use varargs.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: first - an element that the set is to contain initially; rest - the remaining elements the set is to contain initially
Returns:: an enum set initially containing the specified elements
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any of the specified elements are null, or if rest is null

range

public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> range(E from, E to)

Creates an enum set initially containing all of the elements in the range defined by the two specified endpoints. The returned set will contain the endpoints themselves, which may be identical but must not be out of order.

Type Parameters:: E - The class of the parameter elements and of the set
Parameters:: from - the first element in the range; to - the last element in the range
Returns:: an enum set initially containing all of the elements in the range defined by the two specified endpoints
Throws:: NullPointerException - if from or to are null; IllegalArgumentException - if from.compareTo(to) > 0

clone

public EnumSet<E> clone()

Returns a copy of this set.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a copy of this set

See Also:

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