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CopyOnWriteArraySet in Java
A thread safe version of the set is the CopyOnWriteArraySet in Java. This set uses an CopyOnWriteArrayList internally for the set operations. The CopyOnWriteArraySet was introduced by the JDK 1.5.
A program that demonstrates this is given as follows −
Example
import java.util.concurrent.*; public class Demo extends Thread { public static void main(String[] args) { CopyOnWriteArraySet cowArraySet = new CopyOnWriteArraySet(); cowArraySet.add("Amy"); cowArraySet.add("John"); cowArraySet.add("Bob"); cowArraySet.add("Clara"); cowArraySet.add("Peter"); System.out.println(cowArraySet); } }
The output of the above program is as follows −
Output
[Amy, John, Bob, Clara, Peter]
Now let us understand the above program.
The CopyOnWriteArraySet is created and then elements are added to it. Then the elements are displayed. A code snippet that demonstrates this is given as follows −
CopyOnWriteArraySet cowArraySet = new CopyOnWriteArraySet(); cowArraySet.add("Amy"); cowArraySet.add("John"); cowArraySet.add("Bob"); cowArraySet.add("Clara"); cowArraySet.add("Peter"); System.out.println(cowArraySet);
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