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Java Collections - Collections.checkedSet() Examples

[Last Updated: Dec 11, 2025]

Java Collections Java Java API 


Class:

java.util.Collections

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Method:

public static <E> Set<E> checkedSet(Set<E> s,
                                    Class<E> type)

Returns a dynamically typesafe view of the specified Set.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.collections;

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

public class CheckedSetExample {

public static void main(String... args) {
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<>();
set.add(1);
System.out.println(set);

Set set2 = set;
set2.add("two");
System.out.println(set2);
}
}

Output

[1]
[1, two]
JDK 25




Using checkedSet:

package com.logicbig.example.collections;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

public class CheckedSetExample2 {

public static void main(String... args) {
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<>();
set = Collections.checkedSet(set, Integer.class);
set.add(1);
System.out.println(set);

Set set2 = set;
set2.add("two");
System.out.println(set2);
}
}

Output

[1]
java.lang.ClassCastException: Attempt to insert class java.lang.String element into collection with element type class java.lang.Integer
at java.util.Collections$CheckedCollection.typeCheck (Collections.java:3455)
at java.util.Collections$CheckedCollection.add (Collections.java:3503)
at com.logicbig.example.collections.CheckedSetExample2.main (CheckedSetExample2.java:22)
at jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke (DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:565)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.executeMainMethod (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:402)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo.executeMainMethod (ExecJavaMojo.java:142)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.doExecClassLoader (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:377)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.AbstractExecJavaBase.lambda$execute$0 (AbstractExecJavaBase.java:287)
at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:1474)
JDK 25




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