brutil
Interface SortedSet

All Superinterfaces:

Collection, Set

All Known Subinterfaces:

SortedMultiSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSortedSet, RBSet

public interface SortedSet

extends Set

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	maxElement() Returns the maximum element in the Set.
java.lang.Object	minElement() Returns the minimum element in the Set.
java.lang.Object	nextElement(java.lang.Object elt) Returns the lowest element that is greater that the specified element.
java.lang.Object	prevElement(java.lang.Object element) Returns the greatest element that is less that the specified element.

Methods inherited from interface brutil.Set

add, contains, find, isEmpty, iterator, remove

Methods inherited from interface brutil.Collection

clear, size

Method Detail

minElement

public java.lang.Object minElement()

Returns the minimum element in the Set.

Returns:

the minimum element

maxElement

public java.lang.Object maxElement()

Returns the maximum element in the Set.

Returns:

the maximum element

prevElement

public java.lang.Object prevElement(java.lang.Object element)

Returns the greatest element that is less that the specified element.

Parameters:

element - Comparable object for which to find the previous element.

Returns:

the greatest element that is less that the specified element.

Throws:

ClassCastException - element is not Comparable

nextElement

public java.lang.Object nextElement(java.lang.Object elt)

Returns the lowest element that is greater that the specified element.

Parameters:

element - Comparable object for which to find the next element.

Returns:

the lowest element that is greater that the specified element.

Throws:

ClassCastException - element is not Comparable