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Interface collections.Set

public interface interface Set
extends Collection
Sets provide an include operations for adding an element only if it is not already present. They also add a guarantee: With sets, you can be sure that the number of occurrences of any element is either zero or one.

Method Index

o including(Object)
Construct a new Collection that is a clone of self except that it includes indicated element.

Methods

o including 
 public abstract Set including(Object element) throws IllegalElementException
Construct a new Collection that is a clone of self except that it includes indicated element. This can be used to create a series of collections, each differing from the other only in that they contain additional elements.

Parameters:
element - the element to include in the new collection
Returns:
a new collection c, with the sameStructure as this, except that c.includes(element)
Throws: IllegalElementException
if !canInclude(element) 
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