TreeSet descendingIterator() method in Java with Examples

The descendingIterator() method of java.util.TreeSet<E> class is used to return an iterator over the elements in this set in descending order.
Syntax:

public Iterator descendingIterator()

Return Value: This method returns an iterator over the elements in this set in descending order.
Below are the examples to illustrate the descendingIterator() method
Example 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// descendingIterator() method
// for Integer value

import java.util.*;

public class GFG1 {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        try {

            // create tree set object
            TreeSet<Integer> treeadd = new TreeSet<Integer>();

            // populate the TreeSet using add() method
            treeadd.add(10);
            treeadd.add(20);
            treeadd.add(30);
            treeadd.add(40);

            // Print the TreeSet
            System.out.println("TreeSet: " + treeadd);

            // create descending iterator
            // using descendingIterator() method
            Iterator<Integer>
                iterator = treeadd.descendingIterator();

            System.out.println("\nValues using DescendingIterator:");

            // printing the integrated value
            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                System.out.println("Value : "
                                   + iterator.next());
            }
        }

        catch (NullPointerException e) {
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}

Output:

TreeSet: [10, 20, 30, 40]

Values using DescendingIterator:
Value : 40
Value : 30
Value : 20
Value : 10

Example 2: 

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// descendingIterator() method
// for String value

import java.util.*;

public class GFG1 {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        try {

            // create tree set object
            TreeSet<String> treeadd = new TreeSet<String>();

            // populate the TreeSet using add() method
            treeadd.add("A");
            treeadd.add("B");
            treeadd.add("C");
            treeadd.add("D");

            // Print the TreeSet
            System.out.println("TreeSet: " + treeadd);

            // create descending iterator
            // using descendingIterator() method
            Iterator<String>
                iterator = treeadd.descendingIterator();

            System.out.println("\nValues using DescendingIterator:");

            // printing the integrated value
            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                System.out.println("Value : "
                                   + iterator.next());
            }
        }

        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}

Output:

TreeSet: [A, B, C, D]

Values using DescendingIterator:
Value : D
Value : C
Value : B
Value : A