Java Collection Subtract subtract(Collection a, Collection b)

Description

subtract

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Collection subtract(Collection a, Collection b)

    

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class Main {
    public static Collection subtract(Collection a, Collection b)

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        Collection results = new HashSet();

        for (Iterator i = a.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {

            Object o = i.next();

            if (!(b.contains(o))) {

                results.add(o);

            }

        }

        return results;

    }
}

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