tool/src/main/java/org/antlr/misc/IntSet.java

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package org.antlr.misc;

import org.antlr.tool.Grammar;

import java.util.List;

/** A generic set of ints that has an efficient implementation, BitSet,
 *  which is a compressed bitset and is useful for ints that
 *  are small, for example less than 500 or so, and w/o many ranges.  For
 *  ranges with large values like unicode char sets, this is not very efficient.
 *  Consider using IntervalSet.  Not all methods in IntervalSet are implemented.
 *
 *  @see org.antlr.misc.BitSet
 *  @see org.antlr.misc.IntervalSet
 */
public interface IntSet {
    /** Add an element to the set */
    void add(int el);

    /** Add all elements from incoming set to this set.  Can limit
     *  to set of its own type.
     */
    void addAll(IntSet set);

    /** Return the intersection of this set with the argument, creating
     *  a new set.
     */
    IntSet and(IntSet a);

    IntSet complement(IntSet elements);

    IntSet or(IntSet a);

    IntSet subtract(IntSet a);

    /** Return the size of this set (not the underlying implementation's
     *  allocated memory size, for example).
     */
    int size();

    boolean isNil();

	@Override
    boolean equals(Object obj);

    int getSingleElement();

    boolean member(int el);

    /** remove this element from this set */
    void remove(int el);

    List<Integer> toList();

	@Override
    String toString();

    String toString(Grammar g);
}