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## com.sleepycat.collections
Class StoredValueSet

    java.lang.Object
      com.sleepycat.collections.StoredContainer
          com.sleepycat.collections.StoredCollection
              com.sleepycat.collections.StoredValueSet

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Cloneable, Collection, Set

Direct Known Subclasses:
  StoredSortedValueSet

public class StoredValueSet
extends StoredCollection
implements Set

The Set returned by Map.values() and Map.duplicates(), and which can also be constructed directly if a Map is not needed. Although this collection is a set it may contain duplicate values. Only if an entity value binding is used are all elements guaranteed to be unique.

Note that this class does not conform to the standard Java collections interface in the following ways:

- The `size()` method always throws `UnsupportedOperationException` because, for performance reasons, databases do not maintain their total record count.
- All iterators must be explicitly closed using `StoredIterator.close()` or `StoredIterator.close(java.util.Iterator)` to release the underlying database cursor resources.

Constructor Summary
`StoredValueSet(Database database, EntityBinding valueEntityBinding, boolean writeAllowed)` Creates a value set entity view of a `Database`.
`StoredValueSet(Database database, EntryBinding valueBinding, boolean writeAllowed)` Creates a value set view of a `Database`.

Method Summary
`boolean` `add(Object entity)` Adds the specified entity to this set if it is not already present (optional operation).
`boolean` `contains(Object value)` Returns true if this set contains the specified element.
`boolean` `remove(Object value)` Removes the specified value from this set if it is present (optional operation).
`int` `size()` Always throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.collections.StoredCollection
`addAll, containsAll, equals, hashCode, iterator, iterator, join, removeAll, retainAll, toArray, toArray, toList, toString`

Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.collections.StoredContainer
`areDuplicatesAllowed, areDuplicatesOrdered, areKeysRenumbered, clear, isDirtyRead, isDirtyReadAllowed, isEmpty, isOrdered, isSecondary, isTransactional, isWriteAllowed`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Set
`addAll, clear, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, removeAll, retainAll, toArray, toArray`

Constructor Detail

### StoredValueSet

    public StoredValueSet(Database database,
                          EntryBinding valueBinding,
                          boolean writeAllowed)

  Creates a value set view of a `Database`.

Parameters:
  `database` - is the Database underlying the new collection.
  `valueBinding` - is the binding used to translate between value buffers and value objects.
  `writeAllowed` - is true to create a read-write collection or false to create a read-only collection.
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if formats are not consistently defined or a parameter is invalid.
  `RuntimeExceptionWrapper` - if a `DatabaseException` is thrown.

### StoredValueSet

    public StoredValueSet(Database database,
                          EntityBinding valueEntityBinding,
                          boolean writeAllowed)

  Creates a value set entity view of a `Database`.

Parameters:
  `database` - is the Database underlying the new collection.
  `valueEntityBinding` - is the binding used to translate between key/value buffers and entity value objects.
  `writeAllowed` - is true to create a read-write collection or false to create a read-only collection.
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if formats are not consistently defined or a parameter is invalid.
  `RuntimeExceptionWrapper` - if a `DatabaseException` is thrown.

Method Detail

### add

    public boolean add(Object entity)

  Adds the specified entity to this set if it is not already present (optional operation). This method conforms to the `Set.add(java.lang.Object)` interface.

  Specified by:
    `add` in interface `Set`
  Parameters:
    `entity` - is the entity to be added.
  Returns:
    true if the entity was added, that is the key-value pair represented by the entity was not previously present in the collection.
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the collection is read-only, if the collection is indexed, or if an entity binding is not used.
    `RuntimeExceptionWrapper` - if a `DatabaseException` is thrown.

### contains

    public boolean contains(Object value)

  Returns true if this set contains the specified element. This method conforms to the `Set.contains(java.lang.Object)` interface.

  Specified by:
    `contains` in interface `Set`
  Parameters:
    `value` - the value to check.
  Returns:
    whether the set contains the given value.

### remove

    public boolean remove(Object value)

  Removes the specified value from this set if it is present (optional operation). If an entity binding is used, the key-value pair represented by the given entity is removed. If an entity binding is used, the first occurrence of a key-value pair with the given value is removed. This method conforms to the `Set.remove(java.lang.Object)` interface.

  Specified by:
    `remove` in interface `Set`
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the collection is read-only.
    `RuntimeExceptionWrapper` - if a `DatabaseException` is thrown.

### size

    public int size()

  Description copied from class: `StoredContainer`
  Always throws UnsupportedOperationException. The size of a database cannot be obtained reliably or inexpensively. This method therefore violates the `Collection.size()` and `Map.size()` interfaces.

  Specified by:
    `size` in interface `Set`
  Overrides:
    `size` in class `StoredContainer`
  Returns:
    always throws an exception.

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