Here you can find the source of minus(Collection src, Collection ref)
public static void minus(Collection src, Collection ref)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others. * 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 * /*from w w w . ja v a2 s . c om*/ * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * */ public static void minus(Collection src, Collection ref) { Iterator it = ref.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Object obj = it.next(); if (src.contains(obj)) src.remove(obj); } return; } }