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// $Id$


package scala.collection
package immutable

import generic._
import mutable.Builder

/** A sorted set.
 *
 *  @author Sean McDirmid
 *  @author Martin Odersky
 *  @version 2.8
 *  @since   2.4
 */
trait SortedSet[A] extends Set[A] with scala.collection.SortedSet[A] with SortedSetLike[A, SortedSet[A]] {
  /** Needs to be overridden in subclasses. */
  override def empty: SortedSet[A] = SortedSet.empty[A]
}

/**
 * @since 2.4
 */
object SortedSet extends ImmutableSortedSetFactory[SortedSet] {
  implicit def canBuildFrom[A](implicit ord: Ordering[A]): CanBuildFrom[Coll, A, SortedSet[A]] = new SortedSetCanBuildFrom[A]
  def empty[A](implicit ord: Ordering[A]): SortedSet[A] = TreeSet.empty[A]
}