net.sf.oriented.omi

Interface SetFactory<ITEM,SET>

Type Parameters:

SET - The sets to create; this does extend SetOf<SET,LINK>, but this cannot be stated in Java generics. This means that the results from the methods in this interface are immutable.

ITEM - The items in such sets.

All Superinterfaces:

Factory<SET>

All Known Subinterfaces:

MatroidFactory, OMSFactory

public interface SetFactory<ITEM,SET>
extends Factory<SET>

Provides conversion to and from String for some Set class.

Author:

jeremy

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SET	copyBackingCollection(Iterable<? extends ITEM> c) Create an immutable new set by copying a Java collection as the backing collection.
SET	empty() The (immutable) empty set.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.oriented.omi.Factory

emptyCollectionOf, parse, parse, remake, toString

Method Detail

copyBackingCollection

SET copyBackingCollection(Iterable<? extends ITEM> c)

Create an immutable new set by copying a Java collection as the backing collection. Later modifications made to c after this call will have no effect on the returned set.

Parameters:

c - The members of the set.

Returns:

A new set

empty

SET empty()

The (immutable) empty set.

Returns:

The empty set.