Method subSet

output/java_guava/1.4.18/Sets.java:1809–1827

Returns a view of the portion of set whose elements are contained by range. This method delegates to the appropriate methods of NavigableSet (namely NavigableSet#subSet(Object, boolean, Object, boolean) subSet(), {@link NavigableSet#tailSet(Object, boolean) tailSe

(NavigableSet<K> set, Range<K> range)

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  @Beta
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  public static <K extends Comparable<? super K>> NavigableSet<K> subSet(NavigableSet<K> set, Range<K> range) {
    if (set.comparator() != null && set.comparator() != Ordering.natural()
        && range.hasLowerBound()
        && range.hasUpperBound()) {
      checkArgument(set.comparator().compare(range.lowerEndpoint(), range.upperEndpoint()) <= 0, "set is using a custom comparator which is inconsistent with the natural ordering.");
    }
    if (range.hasLowerBound() && range.hasUpperBound()) {
      return set.subSet(
        range.lowerEndpoint(), range.lowerBoundType() == BoundType.CLOSED,
        range.upperEndpoint(), range.upperBoundType() == BoundType.CLOSED);
    } else if (range.hasLowerBound()) {
      return set.tailSet(range.lowerEndpoint(), range.lowerBoundType() == BoundType.CLOSED);
    } else if (range.hasUpperBound()) {
      return set.headSet(range.upperEndpoint(), range.upperBoundType() == BoundType.CLOSED);
    }
    return checkNotNull(set);
  }
}