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// Copyright 2015-04-13 PlanBase Inc. & Glen Peterson
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package org.organicdesign.fp.collections;
/** An immutable set interface */
public interface ImSet extends UnmodSet {
/**
Adds an item, returning a modified version of the set (leaving the original set unchanged).
*/
ImSet put(E e);
/**
Removes the given item, returning a modified version of the set (leaving the original set
unchanged).
*/
ImSet without(E key);
// /**
// A sequence of the items contained in this set. Note that for some implementations, multiple
// calls to seq() will yield sequences with different ordering of the same elements.
// */
// Sequence seq();
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 UnmodIterator iterator();
// /**
// This method goes against Josh Bloch's Item 25: "Prefer Lists to Arrays", but is provided for
// backwards compatibility in some performance-critical situations. If you really need an array,
// consider using the somewhat type-safe version of this method instead, but read the caveats
// first.
// {@inheritDoc}
// */
// @Override default Object[] toArray() { return UnmodSet.super.toArray(); }
}