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/**
 * This file is part of choco-solver, http://choco-solver.org/
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2018, IMT Atlantique. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the BSD 4-clause license.
 *
 * See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 */
package org.chocosolver.util.objects.setDataStructures;

/**
 * Class representing a set of integers
 * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
 * @since 9 feb. 2011, update 2016
 * @author chameau, Jean-Guillaume Fages
 */
public interface ISet extends Iterable{

	/**
	 * Use the following loop to iterate over this set without autoboxing.
	 * 
	 *
	 *     // more readable but with autoboxing
	 *     for(int value:set){
	 *         ...
	 *     }
	 *
	 *     // more verbose but without autoboxing
	 *     ISetIterator iter = set.primitiveIterator();
	 *     while(iter.hasNext()){
	 *         int k = iter.next();
	 *         ...
	 *     }
	 * 
	 * Do not use this iterator to make nested loops over {@link ISet} (prefer {@link ISet#newIterator()})
	 * @return the default iterator (singleton) of this set
	 */
	ISetIterator iterator();

	/**
	 * Creates a new iterator object, for nested loops only.
	 * @return a new iterator for this set
	 */
	ISetIterator newIterator();

    /**
     * Add element to the set
     *
     * @param element element to add
     * @return true iff element was not in the set and has been added
     */
    boolean add(int element);

    /**
     * Remove the first occurrence of element from the set
     *
     * @param element element to add
     * @return true iff element was in the set and has been removed
     */
    boolean remove(int element);

    /**
     * Test the existence of element in the set
     *
     * @param element element to add
     * @return true iff the set contains element
     */
    boolean contains(int element);

    /**
     * @return true iff the set is empty
     */
    default boolean isEmpty(){
		return size()==0;
	}

    /**
     * @return the number of elements in the set
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Remove all elements from the set
     */
    void clear();

	/**
	 * @return the smallest element in the set
	 * throws an exception if the set is empty
	 * Time complexity is linear for BIPARTITESET and LINKED_LIST (constant time otherwise)
	 */
	int min();

	/**
	 * @return the largest element in the set
	 * throws an exception if the set is empty
	 * Time complexity is linear for BIPARTITESET and LINKED_LIST (constant time otherwise)
	 */
	int max();

	/**
	 * @return the implementation type of this set
	 */
	SetType getSetType();

	/**
	 * Copies the set in an array if integers
	 * @return an array containing every integer of the set
	 */
	default int[] toArray(){
		int[] a = new int[size()];
		int idx = 0;
		ISetIterator iter = iterator();
		while(iter.hasNext()){
			a[idx++] = iter.nextInt();
		}
		return a;
	}
}