Java Collection Search hasOtherThan(Collection a, Collection b)

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Declaration

public static boolean hasOtherThan(Collection<?> a, Collection<?> b) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return true if <tt>a</tt> contains at least one element
     * which is not contained in <COCE>b</tt>
     *
     * @param a <tt>Collection</tt> to be examined.
     * @param b <tt>Collection</tt> to be refered to
     *
     * @return true if <tt>s</tt> contains at least one elment which is
     * not contained in <tt>b</tt>
     */
    public static boolean hasOtherThan(Collection<?> a, Collection<?> b) {
        if (a.size() > b.size())
            return true;

        return !b.containsAll(a);
    }
}

Related

1. hasElements(Collection t)
2. hashCapacityFor(Collection collection)
3. hasLength(final Collection collection)
4. hasNoValue(Collection collection)
5. hasOneItem(final Collection col)
6. hasValidElement(Collection collection)
7. hasValue(Collection collection)
8. indexOf(Collection stringCollection, String str)
9. indexOf(final Collection c, final Object elem)