%Library.AbstractSet

Inherited description: Is used to implement an unknown method call. It is also used to resolve an unknown multidimensional property reference (to get the value of a property) because that syntax is identical to a method call.

add value to the set.

It is left to the implementation to decide whether duplicates are allowed (multiset) or not (proper set).

parameters:

• value: value to add to the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

add() all values[n] where 0≤n≤ size(values)

parameters:

• values: array of values to add to the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

return an array of members matching the provided ASQ expression (abstract set query)

remove all elements of the current set, throws an exception if this operation is not supported or the set cannot be cleared.

return true if the key is currently an element of the set, false otherwise.

return true if the set contains() all key[n] where 0≤n≤ size(array)

get the element identified by key

return an iterator over the elements of this set

put the value into the set with the element name (id) of key. If an element with this key is already present in the set then that element's value is replaced by value

parameters:

• key: key to put into the set
• value: value to put into the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

put all {keys[n], values[n]} elements where 0≤n≤ size(keys) into the set

parameters:

• keys: array of keys to put into the set
• values: array of values to put into the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

put all {keys[n], values[n]} elements where 0≤n≤ size(keys) and keys[n] is not already associated with a value in the set.

parameters:

• keys: array of keys to be put into the set
• values: array of values to be put into the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

put the {key, value} element into the set. If contains(key) is false or get(key) is null then put(key,value)

parameters:

• key: key to put into the set
• value: value to put into the set

returns:

• oref referencing the modified set

throws:

• exception

remove the element identified by key from the set

parameters:

• key: key of element to be removed from the set

returns:

• the removed element or null if that element doesn't exist

throws:

• exception

remove all elements identified by keys[n] where 0≤n≤ size(keys) from the set

parameters:

• keys: array of keys to be removed from the set

returns:

• array of removed elements (null element if key doesn't exist)

throws:

• exception

remove all of the elements matching the expression

parameters:

• expression: elements matching expression are to be removed

returns:

• array of removed elements (null element if key doesn't exist)

throws:

• exception

replace the key of the element identified by currentKey with newKey

parameters:

• currentKey - current key of the element to be renamed
• newKey - new key to assign to the element

returns:

• the current key if the element exists, null otherwise

throws:

• exception

replace the value of the element identified by key with value

parameters:

• key - key of the element to be replaced
• value - new value of the element

returns:

• return the previous value of the element

throws:

• exception

replace all {keys[n], values[n]} members, return an array containing the replaced values

parameters:

• keys: array of keys of the elements to be replaced
• values: array of values of the elements

returns:

• array of previous element values

throws:

• exception

return the number of members in the current set

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The toDao() method casts the set to a DAO.

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The toString() method returns the contents of a set as a string.