java.lang.Object
- com.google.common.collect.Multisets

```
@GwtCompatible
public final class Multisets
extends java.lang.Object
```
Provides static utility methods for creating and working with Multiset instances.
See the Guava User Guide article on Multisets.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Kevin Bourrillion, Mike Bostock, Louis Wasserman

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`containsOccurrences(Multiset<?> superMultiset, Multiset<?> subMultiset)`	Returns `true` if `subMultiset.count(o) <= superMultiset.count(o)` for all `o`.
`static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E>`	`copyHighestCountFirst(Multiset<E> multiset)`	Returns a copy of `multiset` as an `ImmutableMultiset` whose iteration order puts the highest count first, with ties broken by the iteration order of the original multiset.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`difference(Multiset<E> multiset1, Multiset<?> multiset2)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the difference of two multisets.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`filter(Multiset<E> unfiltered, Predicate<? super E> predicate)`	Returns a view of the elements of `unfiltered` that satisfy a predicate.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset.Entry<E>`	`immutableEntry(E e, int n)`	Returns an immutable multiset entry with the specified element and count.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`intersection(Multiset<E> multiset1, Multiset<?> multiset2)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the intersection of two multisets.
`static boolean`	`removeOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify, Multiset<?> occurrencesToRemove)`	For each occurrence of an element `e` in `occurrencesToRemove`, removes one occurrence of `e` in `multisetToModify`.
`static boolean`	`removeOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify, java.lang.Iterable<?> occurrencesToRemove)`	For each occurrence of an element `e` in `occurrencesToRemove`, removes one occurrence of `e` in `multisetToModify`.
`static boolean`	`retainOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify, Multiset<?> multisetToRetain)`	Modifies `multisetToModify` so that its count for an element `e` is at most `multisetToRetain.count(e)`.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`sum(Multiset<? extends E> multiset1, Multiset<? extends E> multiset2)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the sum of two multisets.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`union(Multiset<? extends E> multiset1, Multiset<? extends E> multiset2)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the union of two multisets.
`static <E> Multiset<E>`	`unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset)`	Deprecated. no need to use this
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E>`	`unmodifiableMultiset(Multiset<? extends E> multiset)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset.
`static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> SortedMultiset<E>`	`unmodifiableSortedMultiset(SortedMultiset<E> sortedMultiset)`	Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified sorted multiset.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - unmodifiableMultiset
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(Multiset<? extends E> multiset)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset. Query operations on the returned multiset "read through" to the specified multiset, and attempts to modify the returned multiset result in an UnsupportedOperationException.
    The returned multiset will be serializable if the specified multiset is serializable.
    
    Parameters:
    
    multiset - the multiset for which an unmodifiable view is to be generated
    
    Returns:
    
    an unmodifiable view of the multiset
  - unmodifiableMultiset
```
@Deprecated
public static <E> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset)
```
    Deprecated.
    no need to use this
    
    Simply returns its argument.
    
    Since:
    
    10.0
  - unmodifiableSortedMultiset
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> SortedMultiset<E> unmodifiableSortedMultiset(SortedMultiset<E> sortedMultiset)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified sorted multiset. Query operations on the returned multiset "read through" to the specified multiset, and attempts to modify the returned multiset result in an UnsupportedOperationException.
    The returned multiset will be serializable if the specified multiset is serializable.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sortedMultiset - the sorted multiset for which an unmodifiable view is to be generated
    
    Returns:
    
    an unmodifiable view of the multiset
    
    Since:
    
    11.0
  - immutableEntry
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset.Entry<E> immutableEntry(E e,
                                                                                      int n)
```
    Returns an immutable multiset entry with the specified element and count. The entry will be serializable if e is.
    
    Parameters:
    
    e - the element to be associated with the returned entry
    
    n - the count to be associated with the returned entry
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if n is negative
  - filter
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> filter(Multiset<E> unfiltered,
                                                                        Predicate<? super E> predicate)
```
    Returns a view of the elements of unfiltered that satisfy a predicate. The returned multiset is a live view of unfiltered; changes to one affect the other.
    The resulting multiset's iterators, and those of its entrySet() and elementSet(), do not support remove(). However, all other multiset methods supported by unfiltered are supported by the returned multiset. When given an element that doesn't satisfy the predicate, the multiset's add() and addAll() methods throw an IllegalArgumentException. When methods such as removeAll() and clear() are called on the filtered multiset, only elements that satisfy the filter will be removed from the underlying multiset.
    The returned multiset isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if unfiltered is.
    Many of the filtered multiset's methods, such as size(), iterate across every element in the underlying multiset and determine which elements satisfy the filter. When a live view is not needed, it may be faster to copy the returned multiset and use the copy.
    Warning: predicate must be consistent with equals, as documented at Predicate.apply(T). Do not provide a predicate such as Predicates.instanceOf(ArrayList.class), which is inconsistent with equals. (See Iterables.filter(Iterable, Class) for related functionality.)
    
    Since:
    
    14.0
  - union
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> union(Multiset<? extends E> multiset1,
                                                                       Multiset<? extends E> multiset2)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the union of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count of each element is the maximum of its counts in the two backing multisets. The iteration order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of multiset1 followed by the members of the element set of multiset2 that are not contained in multiset1, with repeated occurrences of the same element appearing consecutively.
    Results are undefined if multiset1 and multiset2 are based on different equivalence relations (as HashMultiset and TreeMultiset are).
    
    Since:
    
    14.0
  - intersection
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> intersection(Multiset<E> multiset1,
                                                                              Multiset<?> multiset2)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the intersection of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count of each element is the minimum of its counts in the two backing multisets, with elements that would have a count of 0 not included. The iteration order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of multiset1, with repeated occurrences of the same element appearing consecutively.
    Results are undefined if multiset1 and multiset2 are based on different equivalence relations (as HashMultiset and TreeMultiset are).
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - sum
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> sum(Multiset<? extends E> multiset1,
                                                                     Multiset<? extends E> multiset2)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the sum of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count of each element is the sum of its counts in the two backing multisets. The iteration order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of multiset1 followed by the members of the element set of multiset2 that are not contained in multiset1, with repeated occurrences of the same element appearing consecutively.
    Results are undefined if multiset1 and multiset2 are based on different equivalence relations (as HashMultiset and TreeMultiset are).
    
    Since:
    
    14.0
  - difference
```
public static <E extends @Nullable java.lang.Object> Multiset<E> difference(Multiset<E> multiset1,
                                                                            Multiset<?> multiset2)
```
    Returns an unmodifiable view of the difference of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count of each element is the result of the zero-truncated subtraction of its count in the second multiset from its count in the first multiset, with elements that would have a count of 0 not included. The iteration order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of multiset1, with repeated occurrences of the same element appearing consecutively.
    Results are undefined if multiset1 and multiset2 are based on different equivalence relations (as HashMultiset and TreeMultiset are).
    
    Since:
    
    14.0
  - containsOccurrences
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
public static boolean containsOccurrences(Multiset<?> superMultiset,
                                          Multiset<?> subMultiset)
```
    Returns true if subMultiset.count(o) <= superMultiset.count(o) for all o.
    
    Since:
    
    10.0
  - retainOccurrences
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
public static boolean retainOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify,
                                        Multiset<?> multisetToRetain)
```
    Modifies multisetToModify so that its count for an element e is at most multisetToRetain.count(e).
    To be precise, multisetToModify.count(e) is set to Math.min(multisetToModify.count(e), multisetToRetain.count(e)). This is similar to intersection (multisetToModify, multisetToRetain), but mutates multisetToModify instead of returning a view.
    In contrast, multisetToModify.retainAll(multisetToRetain) keeps all occurrences of elements that appear at all in multisetToRetain, and deletes all occurrences of all other elements.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if multisetToModify was changed as a result of this operation
    
    Since:
    
    10.0
  - removeOccurrences
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
public static boolean removeOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify,
                                        java.lang.Iterable<?> occurrencesToRemove)
```
    For each occurrence of an element e in occurrencesToRemove, removes one occurrence of e in multisetToModify.
    Equivalently, this method modifies multisetToModify so that multisetToModify.count(e) is set to Math.max(0, multisetToModify.count(e) - Iterables.frequency(occurrencesToRemove, e)).
    This is not the same as multisetToModify. removeAll(occurrencesToRemove), which removes all occurrences of elements that appear in occurrencesToRemove. However, this operation is equivalent to, albeit sometimes more efficient than, the following:
    for (E e : occurrencesToRemove) { multisetToModify.remove(e); }
    Returns:
    
    true if multisetToModify was changed as a result of this operation
    
    Since:
    
    18.0 (present in 10.0 with a requirement that the second parameter be a Multiset)
  - removeOccurrences
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
public static boolean removeOccurrences(Multiset<?> multisetToModify,
                                        Multiset<?> occurrencesToRemove)
```
    For each occurrence of an element e in occurrencesToRemove, removes one occurrence of e in multisetToModify.
    Equivalently, this method modifies multisetToModify so that multisetToModify.count(e) is set to Math.max(0, multisetToModify.count(e) - occurrencesToRemove.count(e)).
    This is not the same as multisetToModify. removeAll(occurrencesToRemove), which removes all occurrences of elements that appear in occurrencesToRemove. However, this operation is equivalent to, albeit sometimes more efficient than, the following:
    for (E e : occurrencesToRemove) { multisetToModify.remove(e); }
    Returns:
    
    true if multisetToModify was changed as a result of this operation
    
    Since:
    
    10.0 (missing in 18.0 when only the overload taking an Iterable was present)
  - copyHighestCountFirst
```
public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> copyHighestCountFirst(Multiset<E> multiset)
```
    Returns a copy of multiset as an ImmutableMultiset whose iteration order puts the highest count first, with ties broken by the iteration order of the original multiset.
    
    Since:
    
    11.0

Class Multisets

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

unmodifiableMultiset

unmodifiableMultiset

unmodifiableSortedMultiset

immutableEntry

filter

union

intersection

sum

difference

containsOccurrences

retainOccurrences

removeOccurrences

removeOccurrences

copyHighestCountFirst