Output of below class is : size is 3 size is 1
But if I change the TreeSet to a HashSet so line :
Set<SuggestionDetailBean> set = new TreeSet<SuggestionDetailBean>();
becomes
Set<SuggestionDetailBean> set = new HashSet<SuggestionDetailBean>();
the output is : size is 3 size is 2
Shout using HashSet or TreeSet not change the size of Set ? Using HashSet seems to behave as expected because it is removing duplicates but when I use TreeSet the duplicates remain ? I think the hashcode and equals methods in SuggestionDetailBean are overriden correctly ?
Here is the code :
public class TestSet {
public static void main(String args[]){
SuggestionDetailBean s = new SuggestionDetailBean();
s.setTagList("teddst");
s.setUrl("testurl");
SuggestionDetailBean s2 = new SuggestionDetailBean();
s2.setTagList("teddst");
s2.setUrl("testurl");
SuggestionDetailBean s3 = new SuggestionDetailBean();
s3.setTagList("tessdafat");
s3.setUrl("fdfaasdfredtestur ldd");
List<SuggestionDetailBean> list = new ArrayList<SuggestionDetailBean>();
list.add(s);
list.add(s2);
list.add(s3);
Set<SuggestionDetailBean> set = new TreeSet<SuggestionDetailBean>();
set.addAll(list);
System.out.println("size is "+list.size());
System.out.println("size is "+set.size());
}
}
public class SuggestionDetailBean implements Comparable<Object> {
private String url;
private String tagList;
private String numberOfRecommendations;
private String date;
private String time;
private String summary;
private String truncatedUrl;
public void setTruncatedUrl(String truncatedUrl) {
if(truncatedUrl.length() > 20){
truncatedUrl = truncatedUrl.substring(0, 20)+"...";
}
this.truncatedUrl = truncatedUrl;
}
public String getSummary() {
if(summary == null){
return "";
}
else {
return summary;
}
}
public void setSummary(String summary) {
this.summary = summary;
}
public String getDate() {
return date;
}
public void setDate(String date) {
this.date = date;
}
public String getTime() {
return time;
}
public String getTruncatedUrl() {
return this.truncatedUrl;
}
public void setTime(String time) {
this.time = time;
}
public String getTagList() {
if(tagList == null){
return "";
}
else {
return tagList;
}
}
public void setTagList(String tagList) {
this.tagList = tagList;
}
public String getUrl() {
return url;
}
public void setUrl(String url) {
this.url = url;
}
public String getNumberOfRecommendations() {
return numberOfRecommendations;
}
public void setNumberOfRecommendations(String numberOfRecommendations) {
this.numberOfRecommendations = numberOfRecommendations;
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Object o) {
DateFormat formatter;
Date date1 = null;
Date date2 = null;
SuggestionDetailBean other = (SuggestionDetailBean) o;
if(this.date == null || other.date == null){
return 0;
}
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(SimpleDateFormatEnum.DATE.getSdfType()+" "+SimpleDateFormatEnum.TIME.getSdfType());
try {
date1 = (Date) formatter.parse(this.date + " " + this.time);
date2 = (Date) formatter.parse(other.date + " " + other.time);
} catch (ParseException e) {
System.out.println("Exception thrown in"+this.getClass().getName()+", compareTo method");
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch(NullPointerException npe){
System.out.println("Exception thrown "+npe.getMessage()+" date1 is "+date1+" date2 is "+date2);
}
return date2.compareTo(date1);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return this.url.hashCode();
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
SuggestionDetailBean suggestionDetailBean = (SuggestionDetailBean) obj;
if(StringUtils.isEmpty(this.getTagList())){
return this.getUrl().equals(suggestionDetailBean.getUrl());
}
else {
return (this.getTagList().equals(suggestionDetailBean.getTagList())) &&
(this.getUrl().equals(suggestionDetailBean.getUrl()));
}
}
}
Edit : Note : if I convert the hashset to a treeset using :
Set<SuggestionDetailBean> sortedSet = new TreeSet<SuggestionDetailBean>(hashset);
Then correct sorting is maintained, as the removal of duplicates is based on the object hashcode and equals methods not the compareto method.