The SortedSet interface extends Set and declares the behavior of a set sorted in ascending order. In addition to those methods defined by Set, the SortedSet interface declares the methods summarized in the following table −
Several methods throw a NoSuchElementException when no items are contained in the invoking set. A ClassCastException is thrown when an object is incompatible with the elements in a set.
A NullPointerException is thrown if an attempt is made to use a null object and null is not allowed in the set.
Sr.No. | Method & Description |
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1 | Comparator comparator( ) Returns the invoking sorted set's comparator. If the natural ordering is used for this set, null is returned. |
2 | Object first( ) Returns the first element in the invoking sorted set. |
3 | SortedSet headSet(Object end) Returns a SortedSet containing those elements less than end that are contained in the invoking sorted set. Elements in the returned sorted set are also referenced by the invoking sorted set. |
4 | Object last( ) Returns the last element in the invoking sorted set. |
5 | SortedSet subSet(Object start, Object end) Returns a SortedSet that includes those elements between start and end.1. Elements in the returned collection are also referenced by the invoking object. |
6 | SortedSet tailSet(Object start) Returns a SortedSet that contains those elements greater than or equal to start that are contained in the sorted set. Elements in the returned set are also referenced by the invoking object. |
SortedSet has its implementation in various classes like TreeSet. Following is an example of a TreeSet class:
import java.util.*; public class SortedSetTest { public static void main(String[] args) { // Create the sorted set SortedSet set = new TreeSet(); // Add elements to the set set.add("b"); set.add("c"); set.add("a"); // Iterating over the elements in the set Iterator it = set.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { // Get element Object element = it.next(); System.out.println(element.toString()); } } }
This will produce the following result:
a b c
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