I have this list:
private List<Set<Address>> scanList;
So my list contains multiple scans as you can see. After each scan I add new set into the list.
After all scans are finished I would like to take only the addresses that occur in every set and put it into:
private List<Address> addresses;
Does something like this already exists in Set/TreeSet/HashSet?
EDIT: after answers, retainAll() is the right method. Thank you. Here is the source:
Set<Address> addressCross = scanList.get(0);
for (int i = 1; i < scanList.size(); i++) {
addressCross.retainAll(scanList.get(i));
}
for (Address address : addressCross) {
addresses.add(address);
}
you can use retainAll(Collection<?> c)
, check it out here
A side note: that operation is called intersection.
To convert then it to a List
you can use the method addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)
which should work between all kinds of containers.
eg:
ArrayList<Address> list = new ArrayList<Address>();
list.addAll(yourSet);