En este tutorial, aprenderemos sobre la clase Java TreeSet y sus diversas operaciones y métodos con la ayuda de ejemplos.
La TreeSet
clase del marco de colecciones de Java proporciona la funcionalidad de una estructura de datos de árbol.
Amplía la interfaz NavigableSet.
Crear un conjunto de árboles
Para crear un conjunto de árbol, java.util.TreeSet
primero debemos importar el paquete.
Una vez que importamos el paquete, así es como podemos crear un TreeSet
archivo en Java.
TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet();
Aquí, hemos creado un TreeSet
sin argumentos. En este caso, los elementos de TreeSet
se ordenan de forma natural (orden ascendente).
Sin embargo, podemos personalizar la clasificación de elementos usando la Comparator
interfaz. Lo aprenderemos más adelante en este tutorial.
Métodos de TreeSet
La TreeSet
clase proporciona varios métodos que nos permiten realizar diversas operaciones en el plató.
Insertar elementos en TreeSet
add()
- inserta el elemento especificado en el conjuntoaddAll()
- inserta todos los elementos de la colección especificada en el conjunto
Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); // Using the add() method evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); evenNumbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); // Using the addAll() method numbers.addAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("New TreeSet: " + numbers); ) )
Salida
Conjunto de árboles: (2, 4, 6) Conjunto de árboles nuevo: (1, 2, 4, 6)
Acceso a elementos de TreeSet
Para acceder a los elementos de un conjunto de árboles, podemos usar el iterator()
método. Para utilizar este método, debemos importar java.util.Iterator
package. Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; import java.util.Iterator; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Calling iterator() method Iterator iterate = numbers.iterator(); System.out.print("TreeSet using Iterator: "); // Accessing elements while(iterate.hasNext()) ( System.out.print(iterate.next()); System.out.print(", "); ) ) )
Salida
TreeSet: (2, 5, 6) TreeSet usando Iterator: 2, 5, 6,
Eliminar elementos
remove()
- elimina el elemento especificado del conjuntoremoveAll()
- elimina todos los elementos del conjunto
Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using the remove() method boolean value1 = numbers.remove(5); System.out.println("Is 5 removed? " + value1); // Using the removeAll() method boolean value2 = numbers.removeAll(numbers); System.out.println("Are all elements removed? " + value2); ) )
Salida
TreeSet: (2, 5, 6) ¿Se quitó 5? verdadero ¿Se eliminan todos los elementos? cierto
Métodos de navegación
Dado que la TreeSet
clase se implementa NavigableSet
, proporciona varios métodos para navegar por los elementos del conjunto de árboles.
1. Métodos first () y last ()
first()
- devuelve el primer elemento del conjuntolast()
- devuelve el último elemento del conjunto
Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using the first() method int first = numbers.first(); System.out.println("First Number: " + first); // Using the last() method int last = numbers.last(); System.out.println("Last Number: " + last); ) )
Salida
Conjunto de árbol: (2, 5, 6) Primer número: 2 Último número: 6
2. Métodos techo (), suelo (), superior () e inferior ()
- mayor (elemento) : devuelve el elemento más bajo entre los elementos que son mayores que el especificado
element
. - lower (element) : devuelve el elemento más grande entre los elementos que son menores que los especificados
element
. - techo (elemento) : devuelve el elemento más bajo entre los elementos que son mayores que el elemento especificado. Si el elemento pasado existe en un conjunto de árbol, devuelve el
element
pasado como argumento. - piso (elemento) : devuelve el elemento más grande entre los elementos que son menores que los especificados
element
. Si el elemento pasado existe en un conjunto de árbol, devuelve elelement
pasado como argumento.
Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using higher() System.out.println("Using higher: " + numbers.higher(4)); // Using lower() System.out.println("Using lower: " + numbers.lower(4)); // Using ceiling() System.out.println("Using ceiling: " + numbers.ceiling(4)); // Using floor() System.out.println("Using floor: " + numbers.floor(3)); ) )
Salida
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Uso superior: 5 Uso inferior: 2 Uso del techo: 4 Uso del piso: 2
3. Métodos pollfirst () y pollLast ()
pollFirst()
- devuelve y elimina el primer elemento del conjuntopollLast()
- devuelve y elimina el último elemento del conjunto
Por ejemplo,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using pollFirst() System.out.println("Removed First Element: " + numbers.pollFirst()); // Using pollLast() System.out.println("Removed Last Element: " + numbers.pollLast()); System.out.println("New TreeSet: " + numbers); ) )
Salida
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Removed First Element: 2 Removed Last Element: 6 New TreeSet: (4, 5)
4. headSet(), tailSet() and subSet() Methods
headSet(element, booleanValue)
The headSet()
method returns all the elements of a tree set before the specified element (which is passed as an argument).
The booleanValue parameter is optional. Its default value is false
.
If true
is passed as a booleanValue, the method returns all the elements before the specified element including the specified element.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using headSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using headSet without boolean value: " + numbers.headSet(5)); // Using headSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using headSet with boolean value: " + numbers.headSet(5, true)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using headSet without boolean value: (2, 4) Using headSet with boolean value: (2, 4, 5)
tailSet(element, booleanValue)
The tailSet()
method returns all the elements of a tree set after the specified element (which is passed as a parameter) including the specified element.
The booleanValue parameter is optional. Its default value is true
.
If false
is passed as a booleanValue, the method returns all the elements after the specified element without including the specified element.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using tailSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using tailSet without boolean value: " + numbers.tailSet(4)); // Using tailSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using tailSet with boolean value: " + numbers.tailSet(4, false)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using tailSet without boolean value: (4, 5, 6) Using tailSet with boolean value: (5, 6)
subSet(e1, bv1, e2, bv2)
The subSet()
method returns all the elements between e1 and e2 including e1.
The bv1 and bv2 are optional parameters. The default value of bv1 is true
, and the default value of bv2 is false
.
If false
is passed as bv1, the method returns all the elements between e1 and e2 without including e1
.
If true
is passed as bv2, the method returns all the elements between e1 and e2, including e1.
For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(5); numbers.add(4); numbers.add(6); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + numbers); // Using subSet() with default boolean value System.out.println("Using subSet without boolean value: " + numbers.subSet(4, 6)); // Using subSet() with specified boolean value System.out.println("Using subSet with boolean value: " + numbers.subSet(4, false, 6, true)); ) )
Output
TreeSet: (2, 4, 5, 6) Using subSet without boolean value: (4, 5) Using subSet with boolean value: (5, 6)
Set Operations
The methods of the TreeSet
class can also be used to perform various set operations.
Union of Sets
To perform the union between two sets, we use the addAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Union of two sets numbers.addAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Union is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3) Union is: (1, 2, 3, 4)
Intersection of Sets
To perform the intersection between two sets, we use the retainAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Intersection of two sets numbers.retainAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Intersection is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3) Intersection is: (2)
Difference of Sets
To calculate the difference between the two sets, we can use the removeAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet;; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet evenNumbers = new TreeSet(); evenNumbers.add(2); evenNumbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + evenNumbers); TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); numbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + numbers); // Difference between two sets numbers.removeAll(evenNumbers); System.out.println("Difference is: " + numbers); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (2, 4) TreeSet2: (1, 2, 3, 4) Difference is: (1, 3)
Subset of a Set
To check if a set is a subset of another set or not, we use the containsAll()
method. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( TreeSet numbers = new TreeSet(); numbers.add(1); numbers.add(2); numbers.add(3); numbers.add(4); System.out.println("TreeSet1: " + numbers); TreeSet primeNumbers = new TreeSet(); primeNumbers.add(2); primeNumbers.add(3); System.out.println("TreeSet2: " + primeNumbers); // Check if primeNumbers is subset of numbers boolean result = numbers.containsAll(primeNumbers); System.out.println("Is TreeSet2 subset of TreeSet1? " + result); ) )
Output
TreeSet1: (1, 2, 3, 4) TreeSet2: (2, 3) Is TreeSet2 subset of TreeSet1? True
Other Methods of TreeSet
Method | Description |
---|---|
clone() | Creates a copy of the TreeSet |
contains() | Searches the TreeSet for the specified element and returns a boolean result |
isEmpty() | Checks if the TreeSet is empty |
size() | Returns the size of the TreeSet |
clear() | Removes all the elements from the TreeSet |
To learn more, visit Java TreeSet (official Java documentation).
TreeSet Vs. HashSet
Both the TreeSet
as well as the HashSet
implements the Set
interface. However, there exist some differences between them.
- Unlike
HashSet
, elements inTreeSet
are stored in some order. It is becauseTreeSet
implements theSortedSet
interface as well. TreeSet
provides some methods for easy navigation. For example,first()
,last()
,headSet(
),tailSet()
, etc. It is becauseTreeSet
also implements theNavigableSet
interface.HashSet
is faster than theTreeSet
for basic operations like add, remove, contains and size.
TreeSet Comparator
In all the examples above, tree set elements are sorted naturally. However, we can also customize the ordering of elements.
For this, we need to create our own comparator class based on which elements in a tree set are sorted. For example,
import java.util.TreeSet; import java.util.Comparator; class Main ( public static void main(String() args) ( // Creating a tree set with customized comparator TreeSet animals = new TreeSet(new CustomComparator()); animals.add("Dog"); animals.add("Zebra"); animals.add("Cat"); animals.add("Horse"); System.out.println("TreeSet: " + animals); ) // Creating a comparator class public static class CustomComparator implements Comparator ( @Override public int compare(String animal1, String animal2) ( int value = animal1.compareTo(animal2); // elements are sorted in reverse order if (value> 0) ( return -1; ) else if (value < 0) ( return 1; ) else ( return 0; ) ) ) )
Output
TreeSet: (Zebra, Horse, Dog, Cat)
In the above example, we have created a tree set passing CustomComparator class as an argument.
La clase CustomComparator implementa la Comparator
interfaz.
Luego anulamos el compare()
método. El método ahora ordenará los elementos en orden inverso.
Para obtener más información, visite Java Comparator (documentación oficial de Java).