import java.util.BitSet;
public class WhichChars{
   private BitSet used = new BitSet();
   public WhichChars(String str){
      for(int i=0;i< str.length();i++)
        used.set(str.charAt(i));  // set bit for char
   }
    public String toString(){
         String desc="[";
         int size=used.size();
          for(int i=0;i< size;i++){
             if(used.get(i))
                 desc+=(char)i;
            }
             return desc+"]";
         }
    public static void main(String args[]){
        WhichChars w=new WhichChars("How do you do");
        System.out.println(w);
    }
   }

package com;  
  
import java.util.BitSet;  
  
public class MainTestThree {  
  
    /**  
     * @param args  
     */  
    public static void main(String[] args) {  
        BitSet bm=new BitSet();  
        System.out.println(bm.isEmpty()+"--"+bm.size());  
        bm.set(0);  
        System.out.println(bm.isEmpty()+"--"+bm.size());  
        bm.set(1);  
        System.out.println(bm.isEmpty()+"--"+bm.size());  
        System.out.println(bm.get(65));  
        System.out.println(bm.isEmpty()+"--"+bm.size());  
        bm.set(65);  
        System.out.println(bm.isEmpty()+"--"+bm.size());  
    }  
  
}  

代码示例

package util;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.BitSet;

public class BitSetDemo {

	/**
	 * 求一个字符串包含的char
	 * 
	 */
	public static void containChars(String str) {
		BitSet used = new BitSet();
		for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
			used.set(str.charAt(i)); // set bit for char

		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		sb.append("[");
		int size = used.size();
		System.out.println(size);
		for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
			if (used.get(i)) {
				sb.append((char) i);
			}
		}
		sb.append("]");
		System.out.println(sb.toString());
	}

	/**
	 * 求素数 有无限个。一个大于1的自然数，如果除了1和它本身外，不能被其他自然数整除(除0以外）的数称之为素数(质数） 否则称为合数
	 */
	public static void computePrime() {
		BitSet sieve = new BitSet(1024);
		int size = sieve.size();
		for (int i = 2; i < size; i++)
			sieve.set(i);
		int finalBit = (int) Math.sqrt(sieve.size());

		for (int i = 2; i < finalBit; i++)
			if (sieve.get(i))
				for (int j = 2 * i; j < size; j += i)
					sieve.clear(j);

		int counter = 0;
		for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
			if (sieve.get(i)) {
				System.out.printf("%5d", i);
				if (++counter % 15 == 0)
					System.out.println();
			}
		}
		System.out.println();
	}
	
	/**
	 * 进行数字排序
	 */
	public static void sortArray() {
		int[] array = new int[] { 423, 700, 9999, 2323, 356, 6400, 1,2,3,2,2,2,2 };
		BitSet bitSet = new BitSet(2 << 13);
		// 虽然可以自动扩容，但尽量在构造时指定估算大小,默认为64
		System.out.println("BitSet size: " + bitSet.size());

		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
			bitSet.set(array[i]);
		}
		//剔除重复数字后的元素个数
		int bitLen=bitSet.cardinality();	

		//进行排序，即把bit为true的元素复制到另一个数组
		int[] orderedArray = new int[bitLen];
		int k = 0;
		for (int i = bitSet.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bitSet.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
			orderedArray[k++] = i;
		}

		System.out.println("After ordering: ");
		for (int i = 0; i < bitLen; i++) {
			System.out.print(orderedArray[i] + "\t");
		}
		
		System.out.println("iterate over the true bits in a BitSet");
		//或直接迭代BitSet中bit为true的元素iterate over the true bits in a BitSet
		for (int i = bitSet.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bitSet.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
			System.out.print(i+"\t");
		}
		System.out.println("---------------------------");
	}
	
	/**
	 * 将BitSet对象转化为ByteArray
	 * @param bitSet
	 * @return
	 */
	public static byte[] bitSet2ByteArray(BitSet bitSet) {
        byte[] bytes = new byte[bitSet.size() / 8];
        for (int i = 0; i < bitSet.size(); i++) {
            int index = i / 8;
            int offset = 7 - i % 8;
            bytes[index] |= (bitSet.get(i) ? 1 : 0) << offset;
        }
        return bytes;
    }
 
	/**
	 * 将ByteArray对象转化为BitSet
	 * @param bytes
	 * @return
	 */
    public static BitSet byteArray2BitSet(byte[] bytes) {
        BitSet bitSet = new BitSet(bytes.length * 8);
        int index = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 7; j >= 0; j--) {
                bitSet.set(index++, (bytes[i] & (1 << j)) >> j == 1 ? true
                        : false);
            }
        }
        return bitSet;
    }
	
	/**
	 * 简单使用示例
	 */
	public static void simpleExample() {
		String names[] = { "Java", "Source", "and", "Support" };
		BitSet bits = new BitSet();
		for (int i = 0, n = names.length; i < n; i++) {
			if ((names[i].length() % 2) == 0) {
				bits.set(i);
			}
		}

		System.out.println(bits);
		System.out.println("Size : " + bits.size());
		System.out.println("Length: " + bits.length());
		for (int i = 0, n = names.length; i < n; i++) {
			if (!bits.get(i)) {
				System.out.println(names[i] + " is odd");
			}
		}
		BitSet bites = new BitSet();
		bites.set(0);
		bites.set(1);
		bites.set(2);
		bites.set(3);
		bites.andNot(bits);
		System.out.println(bites);
	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		//BitSet使用示例
		BitSetDemo.containChars("How do you do? 你好呀");
		BitSetDemo.computePrime();
		BitSetDemo.sortArray();
		BitSetDemo.simpleExample();
		
		
		//BitSet与Byte数组互转示例
		BitSet bitSet = new BitSet();
        bitSet.set(3, true);
        bitSet.set(98, true);
        System.out.println(bitSet.size()+","+bitSet.cardinality());
        //将BitSet对象转成byte数组
        byte[] bytes = BitSetDemo.bitSet2ByteArray(bitSet);
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(bytes));
         
        //在将byte数组转回来
        bitSet = BitSetDemo.byteArray2BitSet(bytes);
        System.out.println(bitSet.size()+","+bitSet.cardinality());
        System.out.println(bitSet.get(3));
        System.out.println(bitSet.get(98));
        for (int i = bitSet.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bitSet.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
			System.out.print(i+"\t");
		}
	}
}