A multiset is a set in which an item may appear more than once. I.e., whereas duplicates are not permitted in a regular set, they are permitted in a multiset. Multisets are also known simply as bags .
Sets and multisets are in other respects quite similar:
Both support operations to insert and withdraw items;
both provide a means to test the membership of a given item;
and both support the basic set operations
of union, intersection, and difference.
As a result, the Set abstract class
and the Multiset abstract class
share a common interface as shown in Program .
Program: Multiset Class Definition