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Which of these statements about what happens when null is passed to a TreeSet that uses natural ordering is correct?

  • A.The null is stored and sorted before every other element.
  • B.The null is stored and sorted after every other element.
  • C.The add is ignored and returns false.
  • D.NullPointerException.

Answer: D

A sorted set has to place every element, and with natural ordering that means calling compareTo on it, which fails on null. HashSet and LinkedHashSet accept a single null because a hash-based structure never needs to order its contents.

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