Add G-Set (Grow-only Set) (#4975)

DIRECTORY.md

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
               * [MRUCache](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/caches/MRUCache.java)
             * crdt
               * [GCounter](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GCounter.java)
+              * [GSet](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GSet.java)
               * [PNCounter](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/PNCounter.java)
             * disjointsetunion
               * [DisjointSetUnion](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/disjointsetunion/DisjointSetUnion.java)
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@
               * [MRUCacheTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/caches/MRUCacheTest.java)
             * crdt
               * [GCounterTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GCounterTest.java)
+              * [GSetTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GSetTest.java)
               * [PNCounterTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/PNCounterTest.java)
             * disjointsetunion
               * [DisjointSetUnionTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/disjointsetunion/DisjointSetUnionTest.java)

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GSet.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.crdt;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * GSet (Grow-only Set) is a state-based CRDT (Conflict-free Replicated Data Type)
+ * that allows only the addition of elements and ensures that once an element is added,
+ * it cannot be removed. The merge operation of two G-Sets is their union.
+ * This implementation supports adding elements, looking up elements, comparing with other G-Sets,
+ * and merging with another G-Set to create a new G-Set containing all unique elements from both sets.
+ * (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_type)
+ *
+ * @author itakurah (Niklas Hoefflin) (https://github.com/itakurah)
+ */
+
+public class GSet<T> {
+    private final Set<T> elements;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an empty G-Set.
+     */
+    public GSet() {
+        this.elements = new HashSet<>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds an element to the G-Set.
+     *
+     * @param e the element to be added
+     */
+    public void addElement(T e) {
+        elements.add(e);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the given element is present in the G-Set.
+     *
+     * @param e the element to be checked
+     * @return true if the element is present, false otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean lookup(T e) {
+        return elements.contains(e);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the G-Set with another G-Set to check if it is a subset.
+     *
+     * @param other the other G-Set to compare with
+     * @return true if the current G-Set is a subset of the other, false otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean compare(GSet<T> other) {
+        return elements.containsAll(other.elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Merges the current G-Set with another G-Set, creating a new G-Set
+     * containing all unique elements from both sets.
+     *
+     * @param other the G-Set to merge with
+     */
+    public void merge(GSet<T> other) {
+        elements.addAll(other.elements);
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/crdt/GSetTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.crdt;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class GSetTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testAddElement() {
+        GSet<String> gSet = new GSet<>();
+        gSet.addElement("apple");
+        gSet.addElement("orange");
+
+        assertTrue(gSet.lookup("apple"));
+        assertTrue(gSet.lookup("orange"));
+        assertFalse(gSet.lookup("banana"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testLookup() {
+        GSet<Integer> gSet = new GSet<>();
+        gSet.addElement(1);
+        gSet.addElement(2);
+
+        assertTrue(gSet.lookup(1));
+        assertTrue(gSet.lookup(2));
+        assertFalse(gSet.lookup(3));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCompare() {
+        GSet<String> gSet1 = new GSet<>();
+        GSet<String> gSet2 = new GSet<>();
+
+        gSet1.addElement("apple");
+        gSet1.addElement("orange");
+
+        gSet2.addElement("orange");
+        gSet2.addElement("banana");
+
+        assertFalse(gSet1.compare(gSet2));
+
+        GSet<String> gSet3 = new GSet<>();
+        gSet3.addElement("apple");
+        gSet3.addElement("orange");
+
+        assertTrue(gSet1.compare(gSet3));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMerge() {
+        GSet<String> gSet1 = new GSet<>();
+        GSet<String> gSet2 = new GSet<>();
+
+        gSet1.addElement("apple");
+        gSet1.addElement("orange");
+
+        gSet2.addElement("orange");
+        gSet2.addElement("banana");
+
+        GSet<String> mergedSet = new GSet<>();
+        mergedSet.merge(gSet1);
+        mergedSet.merge(gSet2);
+
+        assertTrue(mergedSet.lookup("apple"));
+        assertTrue(mergedSet.lookup("orange"));
+        assertTrue(mergedSet.lookup("banana"));
+        assertFalse(mergedSet.lookup("grape"));
+    }
+}