This is an example of how to obtain a head Set from a TreeSet in Java, using the headSet(E toElement) method of TreeSet. Getting a head Set from a TreeSet implies that you should:
- Create a new TreeSet.
- Populate the set with elements, with
add(E e)API method of TreeSet. - Invoke the
headSet(E toElement)API method of TreeSet. It will return a SortedSet, that is a portion of the TreeSet, whose keys are less thantoElement. The returned set is backed by the original TreeSet. So any changes made to SortedSet will be reflected back to original TreeSet.
Let’s take a look at the code snippet that follows:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
public class HeadsetTreeSet {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create a TreeSet and populate it with elements
TreeSet treeSet = new TreeSet();
treeSet.add("element_1");
treeSet.add("element_3");
treeSet.add("element_2");
treeSet.add("element_4");
treeSet.add("element_5");
/*
SortedSet headSet(Object toElement) returns the portion of TreeSet whose keys are less than toElement.
The SortedSet returned is backed by the original TreeSet. So any changes made to SortedSet will
be reflected back to original TreeSet.
*/
SortedSet headSet = treeSet.headSet("element_3");
System.out.println("headSet contains : " + headSet);
}
}
Output:
headSet contains : [element_1, element_2]
This was an example of how to obtain a head Set from a TreeSet in Java.
