code: /*
   * Copyright 2012-2018 Chronicle Map Contributors
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   * limitations under the License.
   */
  
  package net.openhft.chronicle.set;
  
  import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHash;
  
  import java.util.Set;
  
  /**
   * {@code ChronicleSet} provides concurrent access to a <i>Chronicle Map key-value store</i> with
   * zero-sized values from a JVM process, wrapped as an extension of {@link Set} interface.
   *
   * @param <K> the set key type
   * @see net.openhft.chronicle.map.ChronicleMap
   */
  public interface ChronicleSet<K>
          extends Set<K>, ChronicleHash<K, SetEntry<K>, SetSegmentContext<K, ?>,
          ExternalSetQueryContext<K, ?>> {
  
      /**
       * Delegates to {@link ChronicleSetBuilder#of(Class)} for convenience.
       *
       * @param keyClass class of the key type of the {@code ChronicleSet} to create
       * @param <K>      the key type of the {@code ChronicleSet} to create
       * @return a new {@code ChronicleSetBuilder} for the given key class
       */
      static <K> ChronicleSetBuilder<K> of(Class<K> keyClass) {
          return ChronicleSetBuilder.of(keyClass);
      }
  }
  