今天看到網上一篇文章說:Set檢索元素效率低下,刪除和插入效率高;List查找元素效率高,插入刪除元素效率低。於是想到List雖然用get(index)方法查詢效率高,但是若用contains方法查詢對象元素,Set集合應該比List效率要高,下面是實驗證明操作過程。
實體類:

package mytest.testListAndSet; public class Student { private Integer id; private String name; private String addr; public Integer getId() { return id; } public void setId(Integer id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getAddr() { return addr; } public void setAddr(String addr) { this.addr = addr; } @Override public int hashCode() { final int prime = 31; int result = 1; result = prime * result + ((addr == null) ? 0 : addr.hashCode()); result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode()); return result; } @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (this == obj) return true; if (obj == null) return false; if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false; Student other = (Student) obj; if (addr == null) { if (other.addr != null) return false; } else if (!addr.equals(other.addr)) return false; if (name == null) { if (other.name != null) return false; } else if (!name.equals(other.name)) return false; return true; } public Student() { super(); } public Student(String name, String addr) { super(); this.name = name; this.addr = addr; } @Override public String toString() { return "Student [name=" + name + ", addr=" + addr + "]"; } }
准備數據代碼:
List<Student> list = new ArrayList<Student>(); Set<Student> set = new HashSet<Student>(); Student s = null; for(int i = 0; i <= 100000; i++){ s = new Student("name"+i,"addr"+i); list.add(s); set.add(s); }
查詢第一個對象:
代碼:
long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); Student stu = new Student("name0","addr0"); System.out.println(list.contains(stu)); // System.out.println(set.contains(stu)); long end = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("查詢對象 "+stu.toString()+"\n共耗費時間:"+(end-start)+ "毫秒");
使用ArrayList查詢結果結果:;
使用HashSet查詢結果:
查詢第一個對象太簡單了,它們都幾乎不用花時間...
查詢靠后的對象:
代碼:
long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); Student stu = new Student("name100000","addr100000"); // System.out.println(list.contains(stu)); System.out.println(set.contains(stu)); long end = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("查詢對象 "+stu.toString()+"\n共耗費時間:"+(end-start)+ "毫秒");
使用ArrayList查詢結果結果:;
使用HashSet查詢結果:
HashSet快一些。。。
通過多次調用contains方法分別查詢開頭到結尾所有對象:
代碼:
long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); for(int i = 0; i<= 100000; i++){ s = new Student("name"+i,"addr"+i); System.out.println(i+"__"+list.contains(s)); // System.out.println(i+"__"+set.contains(s)); } long end = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("查詢10000個對象 \n共耗費時間:"+(end-start)+ "毫秒");
使用ArrayList查詢結果結果:;使用HashSet查詢結果:
耗時前者是后者的167.46倍(打印代碼中把100000寫成10000了,但是不影響結果)
總結:使用contains方法查詢元素是否存在HashSet要比ArrayList快的多。