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- /*
- File: Set.java
-
- Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
- Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs, Agorics
- Inc, Loral, and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
-
- History:
- Date Who What
- 24Sep95 dl@cs.oswego.edu Create from collections.java working file
-
- */
-
- package collections;
-
- import java.util.Enumeration;
- import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
-
- /**
- * 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.
- *
- * @author Doug Lea
- * @version 0.93
- *
- * <P> For an introduction to this package see <A HREF="index.html"> Overview </A>.
- *
- **/
-
- public interface Set extends Collection {
-
- /**
- * 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.
- *
- * @param element the element to include in the new collection
- * @return a new collection c, with the sameStructure as this, except that
- * c.includes(element)
- * @exception IllegalElementException if !canInclude(element)
- **/
-
- public Set including(Object element)
- throws IllegalElementException;
-
- }
-
-