Uses of Class java.util.EnumSet (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-17

## Uses of Class
java.util.EnumSet

- Packages that use EnumSet
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.util | Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).

- - ### Uses of EnumSet in java.util

    Methods in java.util that return EnumSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`allOf(Class<E> elementType)` Creates an enum set containing all of the elements in the specified element type.
    `EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`clone()` Returns a copy of this set.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`complementOf(EnumSet<E> s)` Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing all the elements of this type that are not contained in the specified set.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`copyOf(Collection<E> c)` Creates an enum set initialized from the specified collection.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`copyOf(EnumSet<E> s)` Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing the same elements (if any).
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`noneOf(Class<E> elementType)` Creates an empty enum set with the specified element type.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E e)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified element.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E first, E... rest)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E e1, E e2)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E e1, E e2, E e3)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5)` Creates an enum set initially containing the specified elements.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`range(E from, E to)` Creates an enum set initially containing all of the elements in the range defined by the two specified endpoints.

    Methods in java.util with parameters of type EnumSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`complementOf(EnumSet<E> s)` Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing all the elements of this type that are not contained in the specified set.
    `static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E>` | EnumSet.`copyOf(EnumSet<E> s)` Creates an enum set with the same element type as the specified enum set, initially containing the same elements (if any).

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