it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.chars
Interface CharCollection

All Superinterfaces:
Collection
All Known Subinterfaces:
CharList, CharSet, CharSortedSet
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractCharCollection, AbstractCharList, AbstractCharSet, CharAVLTreeSet, CharLinkedOpenHashSet, CharOpenHashSet, CharRBTreeSet

public interface CharCollection
extends Collection

A type-specific Collection; provides some additional methods that use polymorphism to reduce type juggling.

Note that iterators provided by classes implementing this interface must be type specific.

See Also:
Collection

Method Summary
 boolean add(char key)
           
 boolean addAll(CharCollection c)
           
 CharIterator charIterator()
          Returns a type-specific iterator on the collection.
 boolean contains(char key)
           
 boolean containsAll(CharCollection c)
           
 boolean remove(char key)
           
 boolean removeAll(CharCollection c)
           
 boolean retainAll(CharCollection c)
           
 char[] toArray(char[] a)
          Builds a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
 char[] toCharArray()
          Returns a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
 char[] toCharArray(char[] a)
          Builds a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection
add, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, remove, removeAll, retainAll, size, toArray, toArray
 

Method Detail

charIterator

public CharIterator charIterator()
Returns a type-specific iterator on the collection.

The iterator returned by the Collection.iterator() method and by this method are identical; however, using this method you can save a type casting.

Since:
2.51
See Also:
Collection.iterator()

contains

public boolean contains(char key)
See Also:
Collection.contains(Object)

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray()
Returns a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.

Returns:
a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
See Also:
Collection.toArray()

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray(char[] a)
Builds a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.

Parameters:
a - if this array is big enough, it will be used to store the collection.
Returns:
a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
See Also:
Collection.toArray(Object[])

toArray

public char[] toArray(char[] a)
Builds a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.

Parameters:
a - if this array is big enough, it will be used to store the collection.
Returns:
a primitive type array containing the items of this collection.
See Also:
Collection.toArray(Object[])

add

public boolean add(char key)
See Also:
Collection.add(Object)

remove

public boolean remove(char key)
See Also:
Collection.remove(Object)

addAll

public boolean addAll(CharCollection c)
See Also:
Collection.addAll(Collection)

containsAll

public boolean containsAll(CharCollection c)
See Also:
Collection.containsAll(Collection)

removeAll

public boolean removeAll(CharCollection c)
See Also:
Collection.removeAll(Collection)

retainAll

public boolean retainAll(CharCollection c)
See Also:
Collection.retainAll(Collection)