How to convert an Array to a Set in Java
With Guava you can do:
T[] array = ...
Set<T> set = Sets.newHashSet(array);
Set<T> mySet = new HashSet<T>();
Collections.addAll(mySet, myArray);
That's Collections.addAll(java.util.Collection, T...) from JDK 6.
Additionally: what if our array is full of primitives?
For JDK < 8, I would just write the obvious for
loop to do the wrap and add-to-set in one pass.
For JDK >= 8, an attractive option is something like:
Arrays.stream(intArray).boxed().collect(Collectors.toSet());
Like this:
Set<T> mySet = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(someArray));
In Java 9+, if unmodifiable set is ok:
Set<T> mySet = Set.of(someArray);
In Java 10+, the generic type parameter can be inferred from the arrays component type:
var mySet = Set.of(someArray);
Be careful
Set.of throws IllegalArgumentException - if there are any duplicate elements in someArray. See more details: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Set.html#of(E...)
Java 8:
String[] strArray = {"eins", "zwei", "drei", "vier"};
Set<String> strSet = Arrays.stream(strArray).collect(Collectors.toSet());
System.out.println(strSet);
// [eins, vier, zwei, drei]