Java Collection Difference diff(Collection c1, Collection c2)

Description

diff

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static <T> Collection<T> diff(Collection<T> c1, Collection<T> c2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    public static <T> Collection<T> diff(Collection<T> c1, Collection<T> c2) {
        if (c1 == null || c1.size() == 0 || c2 == null || c2.size() == 0) {
            return c1;
        }
        Collection<T> difference = new ArrayList<T>();
        for (T item : c1) {
            if (!c2.contains(item)) {
                difference.add(item);
            }
        }
        return difference;
    }
}

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