Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2014 Dasasian (damith@dasasian.com) * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.*; public class Main { public static Set<String> getSetOfRemoved(final Collection<String> oldSet, final Collection<String> updatedSet) { final Set<String> removedEntriesSet = new HashSet<>(); extractRemovedEntries(oldSet, updatedSet, removedEntriesSet); return removedEntriesSet; } private static void extractRemovedEntries(final Collection<String> oldCollection, final Collection<String> updatedCollection, final Collection<String> removedEntriesCollection) { for (final String string : oldCollection) { if (!updatedCollection.contains(string)) { removedEntriesCollection.add(string); } } } }