// Create the sorted set
SortedSet set = new TreeSet();
// Add elements to the set
set.add("b");
set.add("c");
set.add("a");
// Iterating over the elements in the set
Iterator it = set.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
// Get element
Object element = it.next();
} // The elements are iterated in order: a, b, c
// Create an array containing the elements in a set (in this case a String array).
// The elements in the array are in order.
String[] array = (String[])set.toArray(new String[set.size()]);
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Creating a Sorted Set
A sorted set is a set that maintains its items in a sorted order. Inserts and retrievals are more expensive in a sorted set but iterations over the set is always in order.
Labels:
Collections,
java,
set,
sorted set,
sorting
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