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Collection¶

Definition¶

1	`Collection var = .... ;`

Extends¶

Extended By¶

List
Set

Method Summary¶

Owner	Name	Return Type	Description
Collection	addAll(valuesToAdd)	Object	Adds all elements contained in the iterable to this collection
Collection	clear()	Boolean	Removes all elements in this collection. Returns "true" if this operation removed at least 1 element, returns "false" if it was empty.
Object	getClassName()	String	Returns the string name of this object's class type.
Iterable	iterator()	Iterator	Returns an iterator over this container's objects. Methods are defined in the Iterator class.
Collection	size()	Integer	Returns the size of this collection
Collection	sort()	List	Returns a sorted list of the specified collection. Sorting is done according to the elements' type's natural ordering. This sort is guaranteed to be stable, equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Object	toJson()	String	Returns a string of a json representation of this object.

Method Definitions¶

addAll(valuesToAdd)¶

Object Collection::addAll(Iterable valuesToAdd)

Description¶

Adds all elements contained in the iterable to this collection

Parameter Definition¶

Name	Type	Description
valuesToAdd	Iterable	The values to add to this collection

clear()¶

Boolean Collection::clear()

Description¶

Removes all elements in this collection. Returns "true" if this operation removed at least 1 element, returns "false" if it was empty.

getClassName()¶

String Object::getClassName()

Description¶

Returns the string name of this object's class type.

Example 7¶

Collection l = new List("a", "b", "c");
l.getClassName();

// l.getClassName() = List

Example 8¶

Collection s = new Set("a", "b", "c");
s.getClassName();

// s.getClassName() = Set

iterator()¶

Iterator Iterable::iterator()

Description¶

Returns an iterator over this container's objects. Methods are defined in the Iterator class.

size()¶

Integer Collection::size()

Description¶

Returns the size of this collection

sort()¶

List Collection::sort()

Description¶

Returns a sorted list of the specified collection. Sorting is done according to the elements' type's natural ordering. This sort is guaranteed to be stable, equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.

toJson()¶

String Object::toJson()

Description¶

Returns a string of a json representation of this object.

Example 7¶

Collection l = new List("a", "b", "c");
l.toJson();

// l.toJson() = ["a","b","c"]

Example 8¶

Collection s = new Set("a", "b", "c");
s.toJson();

// s.toJson() = ["a","b","c"]