Package myAdapter

Interface HCollection

All Known Subinterfaces:
HSet
public interface HCollection
The root interface in the collection hierarchy. A collection represents a group of objects, known as its elements, that can be duplicated.

Bags or multisets (unordered collections that may contain duplicate elements) should implement this interface directly.

All general-purpose Collection implementation classes (which typically implement Collection indirectly through one of its subinterfaces) should provide two "standard" constructors: a void (no arguments) constructor, which creates an empty collection, and a constructor with a single argument of type Collection, which creates a new collection with the same elements as its argument. In effect, the latter constructor allows the user to copy any collection, producing an equivalent collection of the desired implementation type. There is no way to enforce this convention (as interfaces cannot contain constructors) but all of the general-purpose Collection implementations in the Java platform libraries comply.

The "destructive" methods contained in this interface, that is, the methods that modify the collection on which they operate, are specified to throw UnsupportedOperationException if this collection does not support the operation. If this is the case, these methods may, but are not required to, throw an UnsupportedOperationException if the invocation would have no effect on the collection. For example, invoking the addAll(HCollection) method on an unmodifiable collection may, but is not required to, throw the exception if the collection to be added is empty.

Attempting to add an ineligible element throws an unchecked exception, typically NullPointerException. Attempting to query the presence of an ineligible element may throw an exception, or it may simply return false; some implementations will exhibit the former behavior and some will exhibit the latter. More generally, attempting an operation on an ineligible element whose completion would not result in the insertion of an ineligible element into the collection may throw an exception or it may succeed, at the option of the implementation. Such exceptions are marked as "optional" in the specification for this interface.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    add(Object obj)
    Ensures that this collection contains the specified element (optional operation).
    boolean
    addAll(HCollection coll)
    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(HCollection coll)
    Returns true if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection.
    boolean
    equals(Object o)
    Compares the specified object with this collection for equality.
    int
    hashCode()
    Returns the hash code value for this collection.
    boolean
    isEmpty()
    Returns true if this collection contains no elements.
    HIterator
    iterator()
    Returns an iterator over the elements in this collection.
    boolean
    remove(Object obj)
    Removes a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present (optional operation).
    boolean
    removeAll(HCollection coll)
    Removes all of this collection's elements that are also contained in the specified collection (optional operation).
    boolean
    retainAll(HCollection coll)
    Retains only the elements in this collection that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation).
    int
    size()
    Returns the number of elements in this collection.
    Object[]
    toArray()
    Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection.
    Object[]
    toArray(Object[] arrayTarget)
    Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array.

  • Method Details

    • size

      int size()
      Returns the number of elements in this collection. If this collection contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.
      Returns:
      the number of elements in this collection

    • isEmpty

      boolean isEmpty()
      Returns true if this collection contains no elements.
      Returns:
      true if this collection contains no elements

    • contains

      boolean contains(Object o)
      Returns true if this collection contains the specified element. More formally, returns true if and only if this collection contains at least one element e such that Objects.equals(o, e).
      Parameters:
      o - element whose presence in this collection is to be tested
      Returns:
      true if this collection contains the specified element

    • iterator

      HIterator iterator()
      Returns an iterator over the elements in this collection. There are no guarantees concerning the order in which the elements are returned (unless this collection is an instance of some class that provides a guarantee).
      Returns:
      an Iterator over the elements in this collection

    • toArray

      Object[] toArray()
      Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection. If the collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.

      The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are maintained by this collection. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array even if this collection is backed by an array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array.

      This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs.

      Returns:
      an array containing all of the elements in this collection

    • toArray

      Object[] toArray(Object[] arrayTarget)
      Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the collection fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this collection.

      If this collection fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than this collection), the element in the array immediately following the end of the collection is set to null. This is useful in determining the length of this collection only if the caller knows that this collection does not contain any null elements.)

      If this collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.

      Like the toArray method, this method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs. Further, this method allows precise control over the runtime type of the output array, and may, under certain circumstances, be used to save allocation costs

      Suppose l is a List known to contain only strings. The following code can be used to dump the list into a newly allocated array of String: 

       String[] x = (String[]) v.toArray(new String[0]);

      Note that toArray(new Object[0]) is identical in function to toArray().

      Parameters:
      arrayTarget - the array into which the elements of this collection are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose.
      Returns:
      an array containing all of the elements in this collection
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified array is null.

    • add

      boolean add(Object obj)
      Ensures that this collection contains the specified element (optional operation). Returns true if this collection changed as a result of the call. (Returns false if this collection does not permit duplicates and already contains the specified element.)

      Collections that support this operation may place limitations on what elements may be added to this collection. In particular, some collections will refuse to add null elements, and others will impose restrictions on the type of elements that may be added. Collection classes should clearly specify in their documentation any restrictions on what elements may be added.

      If a collection refuses to add a particular element for any reason other than that it already contains the element, it must throw an exception (rather than returning false). This preserves the invariant that a collection always contains the specified element after this call returns.

      Parameters:
      obj - element whose presence in this collection is to be ensured
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call

    • remove

      boolean remove(Object obj)
      Removes a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present (optional operation). More formally, removes an element e such that Objects.equals(o, e), if this collection contains one or more such elements. Returns true if this collection contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this collection changed as a result of the call).
      Parameters:
      obj - element to be removed from this collection, if present
      Returns:
      true if an element was removed as a result of this call

    • containsAll

      boolean containsAll(HCollection coll)
      Returns true if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection.
      Parameters:
      coll - collection to be checked for containment in this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified collection is null.
      See Also:

    • addAll

      boolean addAll(HCollection coll)
      Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this collection (optional operation). The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress. (This implies that the behavior of this call is undefined if the specified collection is this collection, and this collection is nonempty.)
      Parameters:
      coll - collection containing elements to be added to this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified collection is null.
      See Also:

    • removeAll

      boolean removeAll(HCollection coll)
      Removes all of this collection's elements that are also contained in the specified collection (optional operation). After this call returns, this collection will contain no elements in common with the specified collection.
      Parameters:
      coll - collection containing elements to be removed from this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified collection is null.
      See Also:

    • retainAll

      boolean retainAll(HCollection coll)
      Retains only the elements in this collection that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). In other words, removes from this collection all of its elements that are not contained in the specified collection.
      Parameters:
      coll - collection containing elements to be retained in this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified collection is null.
      See Also:

    • clear

      void clear()
      Removes all of the elements from this collection (optional operation). The collection will be empty after this method returns.

    • equals

      boolean equals(Object o)
      Compares the specified object with this collection for equality.

      While the Collection interface adds no stipulations to the general contract for the Object.equals, programmers who implement the Collection interface "directly" (in other words, create a class that is a Collection but is not a Set or a List) must exercise care if they choose to override the Object.equals. It is not necessary to do so, and the simplest course of action is to rely on Object's implementation, but the implementor may wish to implement a "value comparison" in place of the default "reference comparison." (The List and Set interfaces mandate such value comparisons.)

      The general contract for the Object.equals method states that equals must be symmetric (in other words, a.equals(b) if and only if b.equals(a)). The contracts for List.equals and Set.equals state that lists are only equal to other lists, and sets to other sets. Thus, a custom equals method for a collection class that implements neither the List nor Set interface must return false when this collection is compared to any list or set. (By the same logic, it is not possible to write a class that correctly implements both the Set and List interfaces.)

      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      o - object to be compared for equality with this collection
      Returns:
      true if the specified object is equal to this collection
      See Also:

    • hashCode

      int hashCode()
      Returns the hash code value for this collection. While the Collection interface adds no stipulations to the general contract for the Object.hashCode method, programmers should take note that any class that overrides the Object.equals method must also override the Object.hashCode method in order to satisfy the general contract for the Object.hashCode method. In particular, c1.equals(c2) implies that c1.hashCode()==c2.hashCode().
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object
      Returns:
      the hash code value for this collection
      See Also: