EDIT

package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.remote.editor;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.HashSet;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.Set;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.DefinedTermBase;

/**

 * @author a.kohlbecker

 * @date Jun 25, 2013

 *

 */

public class DefinedTermBaseList<T extends DefinedTermBase> extends ArrayList<T> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public Set<T> asSet() {

        HashSet<T> tmpSet = new HashSet<T>(this.size());

        Iterator<T> e = iterator();

        while (e.hasNext()) {

            tmpSet.add(e.next());

        }

        return tmpSet;

    }

}