What is the best way get the symmetric difference between two sets in java?

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You can use some functions from the Google Guava library (which is really great, I strongly recommend it!):

Sets.difference(s1, s2);
Sets.symmetricDifference(s1, s2);

Javadocs for difference() and symmetricDifference()

symmetricDifference() does exactly what you are asking for, but difference() is also often helpful.

Both methods return a live view, but you can for example call .immutableCopy() on the resulting set to get a non-changing set. If you don’t want a view, but need a set instance you can modify, call .copyInto(s3). See SetView for these methods.

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