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How do the hashset and treeset classes determine uniqueness? Is it a test on the object reference, results of the equals method on the object? Is there a comparable or comparator associated with the set class? Or does one need to implement that on the objects being stored? What if there are different types of objects in the set? Good reading reference?
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It makes sense to get an overview of the Collections implementation on your way to getting into the particulars of Set classes.
Doug Lea is a major authority on Java, primarily known for his work on multi-threading. I think you'll find this link very informative.
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