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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 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).
*/
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(); }
}