Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Copyright 2005-2011 The ConQAT Project | | | | 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.Collection; import java.util.HashSet; public class Main { /** * Return a set containing the union of all provided collections. We use a * {@link HashSet}, i.e. the elements should support hashing. * * We use two separate arguments to ensure on the interface level that at * least one collection is provided. This is transparent for the caller. */ public static <T> HashSet<T> unionSet(Collection<T> collection1, @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Collection<T>... furtherCollections) { HashSet<T> result = new HashSet<T>(collection1); for (Collection<T> collection : furtherCollections) { result.addAll(collection); } return result; } }