HashSet vs LinkedHashSet

Question

What is the difference between them? I know that

A LinkedHashSet is an ordered version of HashSet that maintains a doubly-linked List across all elements. Use this class instead of HashSet when you care about the iteration order. When you iterate through a HashSet the order is unpredictable, while a LinkedHashSet lets you iterate through the elements in the order in which they were inserted.

But in sourcecode of LinkedHashSet there are only calling constructors of HashSet. So where is double-linked List and insertion order?

Answer 1

The answer lies in which constructors the LinkedHashSet uses to construct the base class:

public LinkedHashSet(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor) {
    super(initialCapacity, loadFactor, true);      // <-- boolean dummy argument
}

...

public LinkedHashSet(int initialCapacity) {
    super(initialCapacity, .75f, true);            // <-- boolean dummy argument
}

...

public LinkedHashSet() {
    super(16, .75f, true);                         // <-- boolean dummy argument
}

...

public LinkedHashSet(Collection<? extends E> c) {
    super(Math.max(2*c.size(), 11), .75f, true);   // <-- boolean dummy argument
    addAll(c);
}

And (one example of) a HashSet constructor that takes a boolean argument is described, and looks like this:

/**
 * Constructs a new, empty linked hash set.  (This package private
 * constructor is only used by LinkedHashSet.) The backing
 * HashMap instance is a LinkedHashMap with the specified initial
 * capacity and the specified load factor.
 *
 * @param      initialCapacity   the initial capacity of the hash map
 * @param      loadFactor        the load factor of the hash map
 * @param      dummy             ignored (distinguishes this
 *             constructor from other int, float constructor.)
 * @throws     IllegalArgumentException if the initial capacity is less
 *             than zero, or if the load factor is nonpositive
 */
HashSet(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor, boolean dummy) {
    map = new LinkedHashMap<E,Object>(initialCapacity, loadFactor);
}