Java Bitset class

A Bitset class creates a special type of array to hold the bit value. BitSet with the size of the array will need to increase. This bit vector (vector of bits) compare like with like.

This is a traditional class, but it was completely redesigned in Java 2.

BitSet defines two constructors.

The first constructor creates a default object:

BitSet()

The second method allows the user to specify the initial size. All bits are initialized to 0.

BitSet(int size)

BitSet method implemented Cloneable interface defined in the table below as follows:

Examples

The following program illustrates this data structure supports several methods:

import java.util.BitSet;

public class BitSetDemo {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
     BitSet bits1 = new BitSet(16);
     BitSet bits2 = new BitSet(16);
      
     // set some bits
     for(int i=0; i<16; i++) {
        if((i%2) == 0) bits1.set(i);
        if((i%5) != 0) bits2.set(i);
     }
     System.out.println("Initial pattern in bits1: ");
     System.out.println(bits1);
     System.out.println("\nInitial pattern in bits2: ");
     System.out.println(bits2);

     // AND bits
     bits2.and(bits1);
     System.out.println("\nbits2 AND bits1: ");
     System.out.println(bits2);

     // OR bits
     bits2.or(bits1);
     System.out.println("\nbits2 OR bits1: ");
     System.out.println(bits2);

     // XOR bits
     bits2.xor(bits1);
     System.out.println("\nbits2 XOR bits1: ");
     System.out.println(bits2);
  }
}

The above examples compiled results are as follows:

Initial pattern in bits1:
{0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14}

Initial pattern in bits2:
{1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14}

bits2 AND bits1:
{2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14}

bits2 OR bits1:
{0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14}

bits2 XOR bits1:
{}