Getting the difference between two sets

Question

So if I have two sets:

Set<Integer> test1 = new HashSet<Integer>();
test1.add(1);
test1.add(2);
test1.add(3);

Set<Integer> test2 = new HashSet<Integer>();
test2.add(1);
test2.add(2);
test2.add(3);
test2.add(4);
test2.add(5);

Is there a way to compare them and only have a set of 4 and 5 returned?

Answer 1

If you are using Java 8, you could try something like this:

public Set<Number> difference(final Set<Number> set1, final Set<Number> set2){
    final Set<Number> larger = set1.size() > set2.size() ? set1 : set2;
    final Set<Number> smaller = larger.equals(set1) ? set2 : set1;
    return larger.stream().filter(n -> !smaller.contains(n)).collect(Collectors.toSet());
}