Here you can find the source of compareSets(Set resSet, Set initSet)
private static Set compareSets(Set resSet, Set initSet)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Intel 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 * * Contributors://ww w . j a v a 2 s. co m * Intel Corporation - Initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Set; public class Main { private static Set compareSets(Set resSet, Set initSet) { Set result = null; if (initSet == null || initSet.isEmpty()) { if (resSet != null && !resSet.isEmpty()) { result = resSet; } } else if (resSet == null || resSet.isEmpty()) { result = Collections.EMPTY_SET; } else { if (!initSet.equals(resSet)) { result = resSet; } } return result; } }