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/* Object/Reference-only definitions (values) */
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* Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Sebastiano Vigna
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects;
import java.util.Set;
/** A type-specific {@link Set}; provides some additional methods that use polymorphism to avoid (un)boxing.
*
* Additionally, this interface strengthens (again) {@link #iterator()}.
*
* @see Set
*/
public interface ReferenceSet extends ReferenceCollection , Set {
/** Returns a type-specific iterator on the elements of this set.
*
* Note that this specification strengthens the one given in {@link java.lang.Iterable#iterator()},
* which was already strengthened in the corresponding type-specific class,
* but was weakened by the fact that this interface extends {@link Set}.
*
* @return a type-specific iterator on the elements of this set.
*/
ObjectIterator iterator();
/** Removes an element from this set.
*
* Note that the corresponding method of the type-specific collection is rem().
* This unfortunate situation is caused by the clash
* with the similarly named index-based method in the {@link java.util.List} interface.
*
* @see java.util.Collection#remove(Object)
*/
public boolean remove( Object k );
}