Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; public class Main { /** * * Turns a column of the resultset's value into Set * * @param results * @param key * key to get the value from the result set * @return null if results is null */ public static Set<String> turnMapResultToSet(List<? extends Map<?, ?>> results, String key) { if (results == null) return null; Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(results.size()); for (Map<?, ?> map : results) { set.add((String) map.get(key)); } return set; } }