Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008 The University of York. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Dimitrios Kolovos - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.LinkedHashSet; import java.util.Set; public class Main { public static Set<?> asSet(Object o) { if (o instanceof Set) { return (Set<?>) o; } else if (o instanceof Collection) { Set<Object> set = createDefaultSet(); set.addAll((Collection<?>) o); return set; } else { Set<Object> set = createDefaultSet(); set.add(o); return set; } } public static <T> Set<T> createDefaultSet() { return new LinkedHashSet<T>(); } }