SetUtils.java

package edu.berkeley.nlp.util;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * User: aria42
 * Date: Mar 29, 2009
 */
public class SetUtils {
  public static <K> Set<K> intersection(Factory<Set<K>> fact, Collection<K>...sets) {
    Set<K> result = fact.newInstance();
    if (sets.length == 0) return result;
    result.addAll(sets[0]);
    for (int i = 1; i < sets.length; i++) {
      result.retainAll(sets[i]);
    }
    return result;
  }

  public static <K> Set<K> intersection(Collection<K>...sets) {
    return intersection(new Factory.DefaultFactory<Set<K>>(HashSet.class),sets);
  }

}