In this article, we will discuss an example on how to search, whether particular element present in HashSet or NOT
Searching element from HashSet :
Method signature:
boolean contains(Object o);
- This method is used to search specified object from invoking collection
- Returns true, if present; otherwise return false
SearchElementFromHashSet.java
package in.bench.resources.java.collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
public class SearchElementFromHashSet {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// creating HashSet object of type String
HashSet<String> ceo = new HashSet<String>();
// adding elements to HashSet object
ceo.add("Sundar Pichai");
ceo.add("Satya Nadella");
ceo.add("Shiv Nadar");
ceo.add("Shantanu Narayen");
ceo.add("Sundar Pichai"); // duplicate object
ceo.add("Francisco D’Souza");
ceo.add(null); // null is allowed
// Iterating using for-loop
System.out.println("Iterating HashSet\n");
for(String founder : ceo) {
System.out.println(founder);
}
// searching element
boolean boolElement = ceo.contains("Sundar Pichai");
System.out.println("\n\nWhether element 'Sundar Pichai' "
+ "is present : " + boolElement);
// searching and printing in same line
System.out.println("\n\nWhether element 'Shiv Nadar' "
+ "is present : " + ceo.contains("Shiv Nadar"));
// searching and printing in same line
System.out.println("\n\nWhether element 'Nandan Nilekeni' "
+ "is present : " + ceo.contains("Nandan Nilekeni"));
}
}
Output:
Iterating HashSet null Satya Nadella Shiv Nadar Francisco D’Souza Shantanu Narayen Sundar Pichai Whether element 'Sundar Pichai' is present : true Whether element 'Shiv Nadar' is present : true Whether element 'Nandan Nilekeni' is present : false
From above example, HashSet
- allows only unique elements
- null object is allowed (max of 1)
- retrieve items in random-order, while iterating
References:
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/intro/
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/interfaces/collection.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Enumeration.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/ListIterator.html
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