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// Copyright 2015-04-13 PlanBase Inc. & Glen Peterson
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package org.organicdesign.fp.collections;
/** An immutable set with no guarantees about its ordering */
public interface ImSet extends BaseSet {
/** Returns a mutable version of this immutable set. */
MutableSet mutable();
/**
Adds an element, returning a modified version of the set (leaving the original set unchanged).
If the element already exists in this set, the new value overwrites the old one. If the new
element is the same as an old element (based on the address of that item in memory, not an
equals test), the old set is returned unchanged.
@param e the element to add to this set
@return a new set with the element added (see note above about adding duplicate elements).
*/
@Override ImSet put(E e);
/** {@inheritDoc} */
default ImSet union(Iterable iter) {
if (iter == null) { return this; }
ImSet ret = this;
for (E e : iter) { ret = ret.put(e); }
return ret;
}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override ImSet without(E key);
}