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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 org.apache.commons.lang3;
+
+import java.util.BitSet;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test to show whether using BitSet for removeAll() methods is faster than using HashSet.
+ */
+public class HashSetvBitSetTest {
+
+    private static final int LOOPS = 2000; // number of times to invoke methods
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTimes() {
+        timeHashSet(10); // warmup
+        timeBitSet(10); // warmup
+        printTimes(0);
+        printTimes(5);
+        printTimes(10);
+        printTimes(200);
+        printTimes(50);
+        printTimes(100);
+        printTimes(1000);
+        printTimes(2000);
+    }
+    private void printTimes(int count) {
+        long hashSet = timeHashSet(count);
+        long bitSet = timeBitSet(count);
+        // If percent is less than 100, then bitset is faster
+        System.out.println("Ratio="+(bitSet*100/hashSet)+"% count="+count+" hash="+hashSet+" bits="+bitSet);
+    }
+
+    private static long timeHashSet(int count) {
+        int [] result = new int[0];
+        long start = System.nanoTime();
+        for (int i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++) {
+            result = testHashSet(count);
+        }
+        long elapsed = System.nanoTime() - start;
+        Assert.assertEquals(count, result.length);
+        return elapsed;
+    }
+
+    private static long timeBitSet(int count) {
+        int [] result = new int[0];
+        long start = System.nanoTime();
+        for (int i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++) {
+            result = testBitSet(count);
+        }
+        long elapsed = System.nanoTime() - start;
+        Assert.assertEquals(count, result.length);
+        return elapsed;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
+    private static int[] testHashSet(int count) {
+        HashSet<Integer> toRemove = new HashSet<Integer>();
+            int found = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                toRemove.add(found++);
+            }
+            return extractIndices(toRemove);
+        }
+    
+    private static int[] testBitSet(int count) {
+        BitSet toRemove = new BitSet();
+        int found = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            toRemove.set(found++);
+        }
+        return extractIndices(toRemove);
+    }
+    
+
+    private static int[] extractIndices(HashSet<Integer> coll) {
+        int[] result = new int[coll.size()];
+        int i = 0;
+        for (Integer index : coll) {
+            result[i++] = index.intValue();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static int[] extractIndices(BitSet coll) {
+        int[] result = new int[coll.cardinality()];
+        int i = 0;
+        int j=0;
+        while((j=coll.nextSetBit(j)) != -1) {
+            result[i++] = j++;            
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
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