Valid Sudoku

Determine if a Sudoku is valid, according to: Sudoku Puzzles - The Rules.

The Sudoku board could be partially filled, where empty cells are filled with the character '.'.

A partially filled sudoku which is valid.

Note:
A valid Sudoku board (partially filled) is not necessarily solvable. Only the filled cells need to be validated.

public class Solution {
    public boolean isValidSudoku(char[][] board) {
        Set<Character> set=new HashSet<Character>();
        for(int i=0;i<9;i++){
            set.clear();
            for(int j=0;j<9;j++){
                if(board[i][j]=='.') continue;
                else if(!set.contains(board[i][j])){
                    set.add(board[i][j]);
                }
                else{
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        for(int i=0;i<9;i++){
            set.clear();
            for(int j=0;j<9;j++){
                if(board[j][i]=='.') continue;
                else if(!set.contains(board[j][i])){
                    set.add(board[j][i]);
                }
                else{
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        for(int i=0;i<9;i+=3){
            for(int j=0;j<9;j+=3){
                set.clear();
                for(int v=i;v<i+3;v++)
                for(int w=j;w<j+3;w++){
                    if(board[v][w]=='.') continue;
                    else if(!set.contains(board[v][w])){
                        set.add(board[v][w]);
                    }
                    else{
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}