Why there is no ConcurrentHashSet against ConcurrentHashMap

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HashSet is based on HashMap.

If we look at HashSet<E> implementation, everything is been managed under HashMap<E,Object>.

<E> is used as a key of HashMap.

And we know that HashMap is not thread safe. That is why we have ConcurrentHashMap in Java.

Based on this, I am confused that why we don't have a ConcurrentHashSet which should be based on the ConcurrentHashMap?

Is there anything else that I am missing? I need to use Set in a multi-threaded environment.

Also, If I want to create my own ConcurrentHashSet can I achieve it by just replacing the HashMap to ConcurrentHashMap and leaving the rest as is?

9 Answers

Why not use: CopyOnWriteArraySet from java.util.concurrent?

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