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    <p>I have two collections of the same object, <code>Collection&lt;Foo&gt; oldSet</code> and <code>Collection&lt;Foo&gt; newSet</code>. The required logic is as follow:</p> <ul> <li>if <code>foo</code> is in(*) <code>oldSet</code> but not <code>newSet</code>, call <code>doRemove(foo)</code></li> <li>else if <code>foo</code> is not in <code>oldSet</code> but in <code>newSet</code>, call <code>doAdd(foo)</code></li> <li>else if <code>foo</code> is in both collections but modified, call <code>doUpdate(oldFoo, newFoo)</code></li> <li>else if <code>!foo.activated &amp;&amp; foo.startDate &gt;= now</code>, call <code>doStart(foo)</code></li> <li>else if <code>foo.activated &amp;&amp; foo.endDate &lt;= now</code>, call <code>doEnd(foo)</code></li> </ul> <p>(*) "in" means the unique identifier matches, not necessarily the content.</p> <p>The current (legacy) code does many comparisons to figure out <code>removeSet</code>, <code>addSet</code>, <code>updateSet</code>, <code>startSet</code> and <code>endSet</code>, and then loop to act on each item.</p> <p>The code is quite messy (partly because I have left out some spaghetti logic already) and I am trying to refactor it. Some more background info:</p> <ul> <li>As far as I know, the <code>oldSet</code> and <code>newSet</code> are actually backed by <code>ArrayList</code></li> <li>Each set contains less than 100 items, most likely max out at 20</li> <li>This code is called frequently (measured in millions/day), although the sets seldom differ</li> </ul> <p>My questions:</p> <ul> <li>If I convert <code>oldSet</code> and <code>newSet</code> into <code>HashMap&lt;Foo&gt;</code> (order is not of concern here), with the IDs as keys, would it made the code easier to read and easier to compare? How much of time &amp; memory performance is loss on the conversion?</li> <li>Would iterating the two sets and perform the appropriate operation be more efficient and concise?</li> </ul>
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