BitSet (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)

java.util

Class BitSet

java.lang.Object java.util.BitSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class BitSet

extends Object

implements Cloneable, Serializable

This class implements a vector of bits that grows as needed. Each component of the bit set has a boolean value. The bits of a BitSet are indexed by nonnegative integers. Individual indexed bits can be examined, set, or cleared. OneBitSet may be used to modify the contents of anotherBitSet through logical AND, logical inclusive OR, and logical exclusive OR operations.

By default, all bits in the set initially have the valuefalse.

Every bit set has a current size, which is the number of bits of space currently in use by the bit set. Note that the size is related to the implementation of a bit set, so it may change with implementation. The length of a bit set relates to logical length of a bit set and is defined independently of implementation.

Unless otherwise noted, passing a null parameter to any of the methods in a BitSet will result in aNullPointerException.

A BitSet is not safe for multithreaded use without external synchronization.

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

BitSet

public BitSet()

Creates a new bit set. All bits are initially false.

BitSet

public BitSet(int nbits)

Creates a bit set whose initial size is large enough to explicitly represent bits with indices in the range 0 throughnbits-1. All bits are initially false.

Parameters:

nbits - the initial size of the bit set.

Throws:

[NegativeArraySizeException](../../java/lang/NegativeArraySizeException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified initial size is negative.

flip

public void flip(int bitIndex)

Sets the bit at the specified index to the complement of its current value.

Parameters:

bitIndex - the index of the bit to flip.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

1.4

flip

public void flip(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Sets each bit from the specified fromIndex (inclusive) to the specified toIndex (exclusive) to the complement of its current value.

Parameters:

fromIndex - index of the first bit to flip.

toIndex - index after the last bit to flip.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if fromIndex is negative, or toIndex is negative, or fromIndex is larger than toIndex.

Since:

1.4

set

public void set(int bitIndex)

Sets the bit at the specified index to true.

Parameters:

bitIndex - a bit index.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

JDK1.0

set

public void set(int bitIndex, boolean value)

Sets the bit at the specified index to the specified value.

Parameters:

bitIndex - a bit index.

value - a boolean value to set.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

1.4

set

public void set(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Sets the bits from the specified fromIndex (inclusive) to the specified toIndex (exclusive) to true.

Parameters:

fromIndex - index of the first bit to be set.

toIndex - index after the last bit to be set.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if fromIndex is negative, or toIndex is negative, or fromIndex is larger than toIndex.

Since:

1.4

set

public void set(int fromIndex, int toIndex, boolean value)

Sets the bits from the specified fromIndex (inclusive) to the specified toIndex (exclusive) to the specified value.

Parameters:

fromIndex - index of the first bit to be set.

toIndex - index after the last bit to be set

value - value to set the selected bits to

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if fromIndex is negative, or toIndex is negative, or fromIndex is larger than toIndex.

Since:

1.4

clear

public void clear(int bitIndex)

Sets the bit specified by the index to false.

Parameters:

bitIndex - the index of the bit to be cleared.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

JDK1.0

clear

public void clear(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Sets the bits from the specified fromIndex (inclusive) to the specified toIndex (exclusive) to false.

Parameters:

fromIndex - index of the first bit to be cleared.

toIndex - index after the last bit to be cleared.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if fromIndex is negative, or toIndex is negative, or fromIndex is larger than toIndex.

Since:

1.4

clear

public void clear()

Sets all of the bits in this BitSet to false.

Since:

1.4

get

public boolean get(int bitIndex)

Returns the value of the bit with the specified index. The value is true if the bit with the index bitIndex is currently set in this BitSet; otherwise, the result is false.

Parameters:

bitIndex - the bit index.

Returns:

the value of the bit with the specified index.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

get

public BitSet get(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Returns a new BitSet composed of bits from this BitSet from fromIndex (inclusive) to toIndex (exclusive).

Parameters:

fromIndex - index of the first bit to include.

toIndex - index after the last bit to include.

Returns:

a new BitSet from a range of this BitSet.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if fromIndex is negative, or toIndex is negative, or fromIndex is larger than toIndex.

Since:

1.4

nextSetBit

public int nextSetBit(int fromIndex)

Returns the index of the first bit that is set to true that occurs on or after the specified starting index. If no such bit exists then -1 is returned. To iterate over the true bits in a BitSet, use the following loop:

for (int i = bs.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bs.nextSetBit(i+1)) { // operate on index i here }

Parameters:

fromIndex - the index to start checking from (inclusive).

Returns:

the index of the next set bit.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

1.4

nextClearBit

public int nextClearBit(int fromIndex)

Returns the index of the first bit that is set to false that occurs on or after the specified starting index.

Parameters:

fromIndex - the index to start checking from (inclusive).

Returns:

the index of the next clear bit.

Throws:

[IndexOutOfBoundsException](../../java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified index is negative.

Since:

1.4

length

public int length()

Returns the "logical size" of this BitSet: the index of the highest set bit in the BitSet plus one. Returns zero if the BitSet contains no set bits.

Returns:

the logical size of this BitSet.

Since:

1.2

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Returns true if this BitSet contains no bits that are set to true.

Returns:

boolean indicating whether this BitSet is empty.

Since:

1.4

intersects

public boolean intersects(BitSet set)

Returns true if the specified BitSet has any bits set totrue that are also set to true in thisBitSet.

Parameters:

set - BitSet to intersect with

Returns:

boolean indicating whether this BitSet intersects the specified BitSet.

Since:

1.4

cardinality

public int cardinality()

Returns the number of bits set to true in thisBitSet.

Returns:

the number of bits set to true in thisBitSet.

Since:

1.4

and

public void and(BitSet set)

Performs a logical AND of this target bit set with the argument bit set. This bit set is modified so that each bit in it has the value true if and only if it both initially had the value true and the corresponding bit in the bit set argument also had the value true.

Parameters:

set - a bit set.

or

public void or(BitSet set)

Performs a logical OR of this bit set with the bit set argument. This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the value true if and only if it either already had the value true or the corresponding bit in the bit set argument has the value true.

Parameters:

set - a bit set.

xor

public void xor(BitSet set)

Performs a logical XOR of this bit set with the bit set argument. This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the value true if and only if one of the following statements holds:

• The bit initially has the value true, and the corresponding bit in the argument has the value false.
• The bit initially has the value false, and the corresponding bit in the argument has the value true.

Parameters:

set - a bit set.

andNot

public void andNot(BitSet set)

Clears all of the bits in this BitSet whose corresponding bit is set in the specified BitSet.

Parameters:

set - the BitSet with which to mask thisBitSet.

Since:

1.2

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this bit set. The hash code depends only on which bits have been set within thisBitSet. The algorithm used to compute it may be described as follows.

Suppose the bits in the BitSet were to be stored in an array of long integers called, say,words, in such a manner that bit k is set in the BitSet (for nonnegative values ofk) if and only if the expression

((k>>6) < words.length) && ((words[k>>6] & (1L << (bit & 0x3F))) != 0)

is true. Then the following definition of the hashCode method would be a correct implementation of the actual algorithm:

public int hashCode() { long h = 1234; for (int i = words.length; --i >= 0; ) { h ^= words[i] * (i + 1); } return (int)((h >> 32) ^ h); }

Note that the hash code values change if the set of bits is altered.

Overrides the hashCode method of Object.

Overrides:

[hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a hash code value for this bit set.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object), Hashtable

size

public int size()

Returns the number of bits of space actually in use by thisBitSet to represent bit values. The maximum element in the set is the size - 1st element.

Returns:

the number of bits currently in this bit set.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares this object against the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Bitset object that has exactly the same set of bits set to true as this bit set. That is, for every nonnegative int index k,

((BitSet)obj).get(k) == this.get(k)

must be true. The current sizes of the two bit sets are not compared.

Overrides the equals method of Object.

Overrides:

[equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare with.

Returns:

true if the objects are the same;false otherwise.

See Also:

size()

clone

public Object clone()

Cloning this BitSet produces a new BitSet that is equal to it. The clone of the bit set is another bit set that has exactly the same bits set to true as this bit set.

Overrides the clone method of Object.

Overrides:

[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a clone of this bit set.

See Also:

size()

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this bit set. For every index for which this BitSet contains a bit in the set state, the decimal representation of that index is included in the result. Such indices are listed in order from lowest to highest, separated by ", " (a comma and a space) and surrounded by braces, resulting in the usual mathematical notation for a set of integers.

Overrides the toString method of Object.

Example:

BitSet drPepper = new BitSet();

Now drPepper.toString() returns "{}".

drPepper.set(2);

Now drPepper.toString() returns "{2}".

drPepper.set(4); drPepper.set(10);

Now drPepper.toString() returns "{2, 4, 10}".

Overrides:

[toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a string representation of this bit set.

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