In this article, we will discuss various ways to iterate through HashSet – 3 ways

Various ways to iterate through HashSet:

1. Enhanced for-loop introduced in Java 1.5 version
2. Iterating using Iterator of Collection interface

Example: Various ways to iterate through HashSet

DifferentWaysToIterateHashSet.java

package in.bench.resources.java.collections;

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

public class DifferentWaysToIterateHashSet {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// creating HashSet object of type String
		HashSet<String> hset = new HashSet<String>();

		// adding elements to HashSet object
		hset.add("Sundar Pichai");
		hset.add("Satya Nadella");  
		hset.add("Shiv Nadar");  
		hset.add("Shantanu Narayen");
		hset.add("Sundar Pichai"); // duplicate object
		hset.add("Francisco D’Souza");


		// Way 1: Iterating using enhanced for-loop
		System.out.println("Way 1: Iterating using "
				+ "enhanced for-loop\n");
		for(String str : hset) {
			System.out.println(str);
		}

		// Way 2: Iterating using Iterator of Collection interface 
		System.out.println("\n\nWay 2: Iterating using Iterator "
				+ "of Collection interface\n");
		Iterator<String> itr = hset.iterator();
		while(itr.hasNext()) {
			System.out.println(itr.next());
		}
	}
}

Output:

Way 1: Iterating using enhanced for-loop

Sundar Pichai
Shantanu Narayen
Shiv Nadar
Francisco D’Souza
Satya Nadella


Way 2: Iterating using Iterator of Collection interface

Sundar Pichai
Shantanu Narayen
Shiv Nadar
Francisco D’Souza
Satya Nadella

From above example, HashSet

• doesn’t allow duplicate elements
• maximum of one null object is allowed
• while iterating, retrieve elements in random order

In the next article, we will see a demo example on how to iterate Set using Stream in Java 1.8 i.e.;

• Iterating Set using forEach() in Java 8

To conclude, now there are 3 ways to iterate Set

• Enhanced for-loop (introduced in Java 1.5 version)
• Iterating using Iterator of Collection interface
• Iterating Set using forEach() in Java 8

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/tutorial/collections/interfaces/set.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Set.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/class-use/HashSet.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.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

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