Neste tutorial, aprenderemos sobre a classe Java TreeSet e suas várias operações e métodos com a ajuda de exemplos.
A TreeSet
classe da estrutura de coleções Java fornece a funcionalidade de uma estrutura de dados em árvore.
Ele estende a interface NavigableSet.
Criando um TreeSet
Para criar um conjunto de árvore, devemos java.util.TreeSet
primeiro importar o pacote.
Depois de importar o pacote, aqui está como podemos criar um TreeSet
em Java.
TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet();
Aqui, criamos um TreeSet
sem argumentos. Nesse caso, os elementos em TreeSet
são classificados naturalmente (ordem crescente).
No entanto, podemos personalizar a classificação dos elementos usando a Comparator
interface. Aprenderemos sobre isso posteriormente neste tutorial.
Métodos de TreeSet
A TreeSet
classe fornece vários métodos que nos permitem realizar várias operações no conjunto.
Inserir elementos no TreeSet
add()
- insere o elemento especificado no conjuntoaddAll()
- insere todos os elementos da coleção especificada no conjunto
Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); // Using the add() method evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); evenNumbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); // Using the addAll() method numbers.addAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("New TreeSet: " + numbers); ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 4, 6) Novo TreeSet: (1, 2, 4, 6)
Acessar Elementos TreeSet
Para acessar os elementos de um conjunto de árvore, podemos usar o iterator()
método. Para usar este método, devemos importar o java.util.Iterator
pacote. Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; import java.util.Iterator; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Calling iterator() method Iterator iterate = numbers.iterator(); System.out.print("TreeSet using Iterator: "); // Accessing elements while(iterate.hasNext()) ( System.out.print(iterate.next()); System.out.print(", "); ) ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 5, 6) TreeSet usando Iterator: 2, 5, 6,
Remover Elementos
remove()
- remove o elemento especificado do conjuntoremoveAll()
- remove todos os elementos do conjunto
Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using the remove() method boolean value1 = numbers.remove(5); System.out.println("Is 5 removed? " + value1); // Using the removeAll() method boolean value2 = numbers.removeAll(numbers); System.out.println("Are all elements removed? " + value2); ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 5, 6) 5 foi removido? true Todos os elementos foram removidos? verdade
Métodos de navegação
Como a TreeSet
classe implementa NavigableSet
, ela fornece vários métodos para navegar pelos elementos do conjunto de árvore.
1. Métodos do primeiro () e do último ()
first()
- retorna o primeiro elemento do conjuntolast()
- retorna o último elemento do conjunto
Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using the first() method int first = numbers.first(); System.out.println("First Number: " + first); // Using the last() method int last = numbers.last(); System.out.println("Last Number: " + last); ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 5, 6) Primeiro Número: 2 Último Número: 6
2. Métodos de teto (), piso (), superior () e inferior ()
- superior (elemento) - Retorna o elemento mais baixo entre os elementos maiores que o especificado
element
. - inferior (elemento) - Retorna o maior elemento entre os elementos que são menores do que o especificado
element
. - teto (elemento) - Retorna o elemento mais baixo entre os elementos que são maiores do que o elemento especificado. Se o elemento passado existe em um conjunto de árvore, ele retorna o
element
passado como um argumento. - floor (element) - Retorna o maior elemento entre os elementos que são menores do que o especificado
element
. Se o elemento passado existe em um conjunto de árvore, ele retorna oelement
passado como um argumento.
Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using higher() System.out.println("Using higher: " + numbers.higher(4)); // Using lower() System.out.println("Using lower: " + numbers.lower(4)); // Using ceiling() System.out.println("Using ceiling: " + numbers.ceiling(4)); // Using floor() System.out.println("Using floor: " + numbers.floor(3)); ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Usando mais alto: 5 Usando mais baixo: 2 Usando teto: 4 Usando chão: 2
3. Métodos pollfirst () e pollLast ()
pollFirst()
- retorna e remove o primeiro elemento do conjuntopollLast()
- retorna e remove o último elemento do conjunto
Por exemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using pollFirst() System.out.println("Removed First Element: " + numbers.pollFirst()); // Using pollLast() System.out.println("Removed Last Element: " + numbers.pollLast()); System.out.println("New TreeSet: " + numbers); ) )
Resultado
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Removed First Element: 2 Removed Last Element: 6 New TreeSet: (4, 5)
4. headSet(), tailSet() and subSet() Methods
headSet(element, booleanValue)
The headSet()
method returns all the elements of a tree set before the specified element (which is passed as an argument).
The booleanValue parameter is optional. Its default value is false
.
If true
is passed as a booleanValue, the method returns all the elements before the specified element including the specified element.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using headSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using headSet without boolean value: " + numbers.headSet(5)); // Using headSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using headSet with boolean value: " + numbers.headSet(5, true)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using headSet without boolean value: (2, 4) Using headSet with boolean value: (2, 4, 5)
tailSet(element, booleanValue)
The tailSet()
method returns all the elements of a tree set after the specified element (which is passed as a parameter) including the specified element.
The booleanValue parameter is optional. Its default value is true
.
If false
is passed as a booleanValue, the method returns all the elements after the specified element without including the specified element.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using tailSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using tailSet without boolean value: " + numbers.tailSet(4)); // Using tailSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using tailSet with boolean value: " + numbers.tailSet(4, false)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using tailSet without boolean value: (4, 5, 6) Using tailSet with boolean value: (5, 6)
subSet(e1, bv1, e2, bv2)
The subSet()
method returns all the elements between e1 and e2 including e1.
The bv1 and bv2 are optional parameters. The default value of bv1 is true
, and the default value of bv2 is false
.
If false
is passed as bv1, the method returns all the elements between e1 and e2 without including e1
.
If true
is passed as bv2, the method returns all the elements between e1 and e2, including e1.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using subSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using subSet without boolean value: " + numbers.subSet(4, 6)); // Using subSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using subSet with boolean value: " + numbers.subSet(4, false, 6, true)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using subSet without boolean value: (4, 5) Using subSet with boolean value: (5, 6)
Set Operations
The methods of the TreeSet
class can also be used to perform various set operations.
Union of Sets
To perform the union between two sets, we use the addAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Union of two sets numbers.addAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Union is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3) Union is: (1, 2, 3, 4)
Intersection of Sets
To perform the intersection between two sets, we use the retainAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Intersection of two sets numbers.retainAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Intersection is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3) Intersection is: (2)
Difference of Sets
To calculate the difference between the two sets, we can use the removeAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); numbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Difference between two sets numbers.removeAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Difference is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3, 4) Difference is: (1, 3)
Subset of a Set
To check if a set is a subset of another set or not, we use the containsAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); numbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + numbers); TreeSet primeNumbers = new TreeSet(); primeNumbers.add(2); primeNumbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + primeNumbers); // Check if primeNumbers is subset of numbers boolean result = numbers.containsAll(primeNumbers); System.out.println("Is TreeSet2 subset of TreeSet1? " + result); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (1, 2, 3, 4) TreeSet2: (2, 3) Is TreeSet2 subset of TreeSet1? True
Other Methods of TreeSet
Method | Description |
---|---|
clone() | Creates a copy of the TreeSet |
contains() | Searches the TreeSet for the specified element and returns a boolean result |
isEmpty() | Checks if the TreeSet is empty |
size() | Returns the size of the TreeSet |
clear() | Removes all the elements from the TreeSet |
To learn more, visit Java TreeSet (official Java documentation).
TreeSet Vs. HashSet
Both the TreeSet
as well as the HashSet
implements the Set
interface. However, there exist some differences between them.
- Unlike
HashSet
, elements inTreeSet
are stored in some order. It is becauseTreeSet
implements theSortedSet
interface as well. TreeSet
provides some methods for easy navigation. For example,first()
,last()
,headSet(
),tailSet()
, etc. It is becauseTreeSet
also implements theNavigableSet
interface.HashSet
is faster than theTreeSet
for basic operations like add, remove, contains and size.
TreeSet Comparator
In all the examples above, tree set elements are sorted naturally. However, we can also customize the ordering of elements.
For this, we need to create our own comparator class based on which elements in a tree set are sorted. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; import java.util.Comparator; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( // Creating a tree set with customized comparator TreeSet animals = new TreeSet(new CustomComparator()); animals.add("Dog"); animals.add("Zebra"); animals.add("Cat"); animals.add("Horse"); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + animals); ) // Creating a comparator class public static class CustomComparator implements Comparator ( @Override public int compare(String animal1, String animal2) ( int value = animal1.compareTo(animal2); // elements are sorted in reverse order if (value> 0) ( return -1; ) else if (value < 0) ( return 1; ) else ( return 0; ) ) ) )
Output
TreeSet: (Zebra, Horse, Dog, Cat)
In the above example, we have created a tree set passing CustomComparator class as an argument.
A classe CustomComparator implementa a Comparator
interface.
Em seguida, substituímos o compare()
método. O método agora classificará os elementos na ordem inversa.
Para saber mais, visite Java Comparator (documentação oficial do Java).