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Interface CharCollection

All Known Subinterfaces:

CharSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCharCollection, AbstractCharSet

public interface CharCollection

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(char v) Adds an element to this collection.
boolean	addAll(CharCollection c) Adds all the elements of a specified collection to this collection.
void	clear() Clears this collection.
boolean	contains(char v) Indicates whether this collection contains a specified element.
boolean	containsAll(CharCollection c) Indicates whether all elements of a specified collection is contained in this collection.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether this collection is equal to some object.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for this collection.
boolean	isEmpty() Indicates whether this collection is empty.
CharIterator	iterator() Returns an iterator over this collection.
boolean	remove(char v) Removes a specified element from this collection.
boolean	removeAll(CharCollection c) Removes all the elements of a specified collection from this collection.
boolean	retainAll(CharCollection c) Retains only the elements of a specified collection in this collection.
int	size() Returns the number of elements in this collection.
char[]	toArray() Returns the elements of this collection as an array.
char[]	toArray(char[] a) Returns the elements of this collection as an array.
void	trimToSize() Minimizes the memory used by this collection.

Method Detail

add

boolean add(char v)

Adds an element to this collection.

Parameters:

v - the element to add to this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection was modified as a result of adding v; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

See Also:

addAll(CharCollection)

addAll

boolean addAll(CharCollection c)

Adds all the elements of a specified collection to this collection.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements to add to this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection was modified as a result of adding the elements of c; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

NullPointerException - if c is null.

See Also:

add(char)

clear

void clear()

Clears this collection.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

contains

boolean contains(char v)

Indicates whether this collection contains a specified element.

Parameters:

v - the element to test for containment.

Returns:

true if v is contained in this collection; returns false otherwise.

See Also:

containsAll(CharCollection)

containsAll

boolean containsAll(CharCollection c)

Indicates whether all elements of a specified collection is contained in this collection.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements to test for containment.

Returns:

true if all the elements of c are contained in this collection; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if c is null.

See Also:

contains(char)

equals

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether this collection is equal to some object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object with which to compare this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection is equals to obj; returns false otherwise.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this collection.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code value for this collection.

isEmpty

boolean isEmpty()

Indicates whether this collection is empty.

Returns:

true if this collection is empty; returns false otherwise.

iterator

CharIterator iterator()

Returns an iterator over this collection.

Returns:

an iterator over this collection.

remove

boolean remove(char v)

Removes a specified element from this collection.

Parameters:

v - the char value to remove from this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection was modified as a result of removing v; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

removeAll

boolean removeAll(CharCollection c)

Removes all the elements of a specified collection from this collection.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements to remove from this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection was modified as a result of removing the elements of c; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

NullPointerException - if c is null.

retainAll

boolean retainAll(CharCollection c)

Retains only the elements of a specified collection in this collection.

Parameters:

c - the collection whose elements to retain in this collection.

Returns:

true if this collection was modified as a result of removing the elements not contained in c; returns false otherwise.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this collection.

NullPointerException - if c is null.

size

int size()

Returns the number of elements in this collection.

Returns:

the number of elements in this collection.

toArray

char[] toArray()

Returns the elements of this collection as an array.

Returns:

a new array containing the elements of this collection.

toArray

char[] toArray(char[] a)

Returns the elements of this collection as an array.

Parameters:

a - an array to fill with the elements of this collection; if a is null or not big enough to contain all the elements of this collection, an new array is allocated, and a is not changed.

Returns:

a, if a has room for all the elements of this collection; otherwise a new array is allocated, filled with the elements of this collection, and returned.

trimToSize

void trimToSize()

Minimizes the memory used by this collection. The exact operation of this method depends on the class implementing it. Implementors may choose to ignore it completely.