So I created my ArraySet class from an interface. I'm trying to test my union method in my SetApp class, and I truly don't know where to begin. Can someone push me into the right direction? Btw, I know my SetApp class is messy atm, but I was just testing the methods.

For those who don't know, a union combines the elements of two sets into a third new set with no duplicates.

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class ArraySet<T> implements SetADT<T> {
	private static Random generator = new Random();
	private final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 100;
	private T[] contents;
	private int count;

	public ArraySet(int initialCapacity) {
		this.count = 0;
		this.contents = (T[]) (new Object[initialCapacity]);
	}

	public ArraySet() {
		this.count = 0;
		this.contents = (T[]) (new Object[DEFAULT_CAPACITY]);
	}

	@Override
	public void add(T element) {
		if (!this.contains(element)) {

			if (size() == contents.length) {
				expandCapacity();
			}
			contents[count] = element;
			count++;
		}
	}

	private void expandCapacity() {
		T[] larger = (T[]) (new Object[contents.length * 2]);

		for (int index = 0; index < contents.length; index++) {
			larger[index] = contents[index];
		}
		contents = larger;
	}

	@Override
	public T removeRandom() throws EmptySetException {
		if (isEmpty()) {
			throw new EmptySetException();
		}
		int index = generator.nextInt(count);
		T element = contents[index];
		contents[index] = contents[count - 1];
		contents[count - 1] = null;
		count--;
		return element;

	}

	@Override
	public void remove(T element) {
		for (int i = 0; i < count - 1; ++i) {
			if (contents[i].equals(element)) {
				for (int j = i; j < count - 1; ++j)
					contents[j] = contents[j + 1];
				--count;
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public SetADT<T> union(SetADT<T> set) {
		ArraySet<T> newSet = new ArraySet<T>();

		for (int i = 0; i < this.size(); i++) {
			newSet.add(this.contents[i]);
		}

		Iterator<T> t = set.iterator();

		while (t.hasNext()) {
			newSet.add(t.next());
		}

		return newSet;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean contains(T target) {
		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			if (contents[i].equals(target)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(SetADT<T> set) {
		Iterator<T> t = set.iterator();

		while (t.hasNext()) {
			if (!this.contains(t.next()))
				return false;
		}

		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isEmpty() {
		if (this.count == 0) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
		/*
		 * More tersely return(count==0);
		 */
		/*
		 * or if(count==0)return true; else return false;
		 */
	}

	@Override
	public int size() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return count;
	}

	@Override
	public Iterator<T> iterator() {
		return Arrays.asList(this.contents).iterator();
	}

}
import java.util.Iterator;

public class SetApp {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		ArraySet<String> as = new ArraySet<String>(3);
		ArraySet<String> asTest = new ArraySet<String>(3);
		
		ArraySet<String> asEmptyTest = new ArraySet<String>();

		String[] ar1 = new String[] { "test1", "test2", "test3" };

		for (String s : ar1) {
			as.add(s);
			asTest.add(s);
		}
		
	
		System.out.println(String.format("Testing contains method: %s",
				as.contains(ar1[0])));

		System.out.println(String.format("Testing equals method: %s",
				as.equals(asTest)));
		
		asTest.add("dfasdfdas");
		System.out.println(String.format("Added to asTest var -- Testing equals method: %s",
				as.equals(asTest)));
		
		System.out.println("Testing EmptySetException method:");
		try {
			asEmptyTest.removeRandom();
		} catch (EmptySetException e) {
			e.toString();
		}
		
		System.out.println("The size of set 1 is:" + as.size() + "\n");
		System.out.println("Now I will remove an element in the set");
		as.remove("test1");
		System.out.println("Now the size of the set is:" + as.size());
	}

}

Not much details to help you out. Please post the shortest possible compilable code which showcases your problem and mention "what exact" errors or problems you are facing (with complete stacktrace or message if any).

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