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LinkedHashSet is a collection class that extends HashSet class. LinkedHashSet stores the element in the order in which they were inserted into LinkedHashSet.

Important features of LinkedHashSet.

• Duplicate elements are NOT allowed to be stored in a HashSet.
• The order in which elements are stored is the order in which they were inserted in the LinkedHashSet.
• LinkedHashSet class doesn't provide any way to access its element by its index, as provided by ArrayList, LinkedList etc

Constructors :

1) LinkedHashSet()
This constructor creates an empty LinkedHashSet of a particular object type. Example -

LinkedHashSet<Integer> arrL= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();

This constructor example creates an empty LinkedHashSet to hold Integer objects.

2) LinkedHashSet(Collection <? extends E>c)
This constructor creates a LinkedHashSet initialized with the elements of Collection c. With a condition, that, Collection c holds similar type of objects as the type declared by the LinkedHashSet.

LinkedHashSet<Integer> arrL1 = new LinkedHashSet<Integer>():
LinkedHashSet<Integer> arrL2 = new LinkedHashSet<Integer>(arrL1);

This constructor example creates a LinkedHashSet arrL2 initialized with the elements of a LinkedHashSet arrL1. Both LinkedHashSet hold Integer objects.

Some important methods of LinkedHashSet class.

Methods	Description
boolean add(E e)	Adds a specified element e to the end of an LinkedHashSet.
int size()	Returns the total number of elements in an LinkedHashSet.
boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)	Adds the content of a Collection c to the end of the HashSet.
void clear()	Removes all of the elements from the LinkedHashSet
boolean isEmpty()	Returns true is HashSet is empty, else false.
contains(Object o)	Checks if LinkedHashSet contains a specific Object.
boolean remove(Object o)	Removes the first occurrence of an Object from the LinkedHashSet, if it is present.
Object[] toArray()	Returns an Object array containing all the elements of an LinkedHashSet.
Iterator iterator()	Returns an Iterator to iterate over elements of an LinkedHashSet.
ListIterator listIterator()	Returns a ListIterator to iterate over elements of an LinkedHashSet.

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Creating a LinkedHasSet and removing its specific element.

In this program we have created an LinkedHashSet to hold <Integer> objects and we will add/remove some elements from this set

import java.util.*;

class LinkedHashSet1
{
public static void main(String... ar)
{
LinkedHashSet<Integer> linkHash= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();

linkHash.add(4);
linkHash.add(1);
linkHash.add(5);
linkHash.add(2);
linkHash.add(3);


System.out.println("LinkedHashSet after adding objects = " + linkHash);
System.out.println("Size of LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash.size());

linkHash.remove(3);
System.out.println("Afer removing element 3, LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash);

System.out.println("Is this LinkedHashSet empty() : "+ linkHash.isEmpty());

}

}

Output is - :

LinkedHashSet after adding objects = [4, 1, 5, 2, 3]
Size of LinkedHashSet = 5
Afer removing element 3, LinkedHashSet = [4, 1, 5, 2] 
Is this LinkedHashSet empty() : false 

Program Analysis

• Method add() is called to add the String objects to LinkedHashSet(hash) & then its contents are shown.
• Method size()is called to display the total number of elements in LinkedHashset.
• Method remove(Object o) is called to remove a specific element(3)from the LinkedHashSet.

Creating a new LinkedHasSet from an existing LinkedHashSet

In this program we will create a LinkedHashSet that holds <Integer> objects. We will create and initialize a new LinkedHashSet using the contents of an existing LinkedHashSet.

import java.util.*;

class LinkedHashSet1
{
public static void main(String... ar)
{
LinkedHashSet<Integer> linkHash= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();

linkHash.add(4);
linkHash.add(1);
linkHash.add(5);
linkHash.add(2);
linkHash.add(3);


System.out.println("LinkedHashSet after adding objects = " + linkHash);
System.out.println("Size of LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash.size());

System.out.println("Creating a new LinkedHashSet created from an existing LinkedHashSet");

LinkedHashSet<Integer> linkHash2= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>(linkHash);
System.out.println("Contents of new LinkedHashSet : " + linkHash2);
System.out.println("Size of new LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash2.size());
}

}

Output is - :

LinkedHashSet after adding objects = [4, 1, 5, 2, 3]
Size of LinkedHashSet = 5
Creating a new LinkedHashSet created from an existing LinkedHashSet
Contents of new LinkedHashSet : [4, 1, 5, 2, 3]
Size of new LinkedHashSet = 5

Program Analysis

• Method remove(Object o) is called to remove a specific element(3)from the LinkedHashSet.
• Using an existing LinkedHashSet(linkHash) a new LinkedHashSet(linkHash2) is created and the size() method is called to display the total number of elements in a LinkedHashSet.

Method addAll() to add a LinkedHashSet at end of another LinkedHashSet.

import java.util.*;

class LinkedHashSet1
{
public static void main(String... ar)
{
//Creating the first LinkedHashSet 
LinkedHashSet<Integer> linkHash= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();

linkHash.add(4);
linkHash.add(1);
linkHash.add(5);
linkHash.add(2);
linkHash.add(3);


System.out.println("Contens of first LinkedHashSet= " + linkHash);
System.out.println("Size of first LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash.size());


//Creating the second LinkedHashSet 
LinkedHashSet<Integer> linkHash2= new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();
linkHash2.add(200);
linkHash2.add(300);
System.out.println("Contents of second LinkedHashSet : " + linkHash2);

//Adding the contents of first LinkedHashSet to the end of second LinkedHashSet
linkHash2.addAll(linkHash);
System.out.println("Contents of second LinkedHashSet after adding first LinkedHashSet to its end : " + linkHash2);
System.out.println("Size of second  LinkedHashSet = "+ linkHash2.size());
}

}

Output is - :

Contens of first LinkedHashSet= [4, 1, 5, 2, 3]
Size of first LinkedHashSet = 5
Contents of second LinkedHashSet : [200, 300]
Contents of second LinkedHashSet after adding first LinkedHashSet to it : [200,300, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3]
Size of second  LinkedHashSet = 7

Method add() is called to add the elements of an existing LinkedHashSet(linkHash) to the end of elements of another LinkedHashSet(linkHash2).

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