Set operations: union, intersection, difference, symmetric difference, is subset, is superset : Set « Collections « Java Tutorial

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import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

public class Main {
  public static <T> Set<T> union(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    Set<T> tmp = new TreeSet<T>(setA);
    tmp.addAll(setB);
    return tmp;
  }

  public static <T> Set<T> intersection(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    Set<T> tmp = new TreeSet<T>();
    for (T x : setA)
      if (setB.contains(x))
        tmp.add(x);
    return tmp;
  }

  public static <T> Set<T> difference(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    Set<T> tmp = new TreeSet<T>(setA);
    tmp.removeAll(setB);
    return tmp;
  }

  public static <T> Set<T> symDifference(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    Set<T> tmpA;
    Set<T> tmpB;

    tmpA = union(setA, setB);
    tmpB = intersection(setA, setB);
    return difference(tmpA, tmpB);
  }

  public static <T> boolean isSubset(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    return setB.containsAll(setA);
  }

  public static <T> boolean isSuperset(Set<T> setA, Set<T> setB) {
    return setA.containsAll(setB);
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    TreeSet<Character> set1 = new TreeSet<Character>();
    TreeSet<Character> set2 = new TreeSet<Character>();

    set1.add('A');
    set1.add('B');
    set1.add('C');
    set1.add('D');

    set2.add('C');
    set2.add('D');
    set2.add('E');
    set2.add('F');

    System.out.println("set1: " + set1);
    System.out.println("set2: " + set2);

    System.out.println("Union: " + union(set1, set2));
    System.out.println("Intersection: " + intersection(set1, set2));
    System.out.println("Difference (set1 - set2): " + difference(set1, set2));
    System.out.println("Symmetric Difference: " + symDifference(set1, set2));

    TreeSet<Character> set3 = new TreeSet<Character>(set1);

    set3.remove('D');
    System.out.println("set3: " + set3);

    System.out.println("Is set1 a subset of set2? " + isSubset(set1, set3));
    System.out.println("Is set1 a superset of set2? " + isSuperset(set1, set3));
    System.out.println("Is set3 a subset of set1? " + isSubset(set3, set1));
    System.out.println("Is set3 a superset of set1? " + isSuperset(set3, set1));

  }
}