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A utility class for working with attribute and parameter collections used by Spring Web FLow
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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A utility class for working with attribute and parameter collections used by Spring Web FLow.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @author Erwin Vervaet
*/
public class CollectionUtils {
/**
* The shared, singleton empty iterator instance.
*/
public static final Iterator EMPTY_ITERATOR = new EmptyIterator();
/**
* Private constructor to avoid instantiation.
*/
private CollectionUtils() {
}
/**
* Factory method that adapts an enumeration to an iterator.
* @param enumeration the enumeration
* @return the iterator
*/
public static Iterator toIterator(Enumeration enumeration) {
return new EnumerationIterator(enumeration);
}
/**
* Add all given objects to given target list. No duplicates will be added. The contains() method of the given
* target list will be used to determine whether or not an object is already in the list.
* @param target the collection to which to objects will be added
* @param objects the objects to add
* @return whether or not the target collection changed
*/
public static boolean addAllNoDuplicates(List target, Object[] objects) {
if (objects == null || objects.length == 0) {
return false;
} else {
boolean changed = false;
for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
if (!target.contains(objects[i])) {
target.add(objects[i]);
changed = true;
}
}
return changed;
}
}
/**
* Iterator iterating over no elements (hasNext() always returns false).
*/
private static class EmptyIterator implements Iterator, Serializable {
private EmptyIterator() {
}
public boolean hasNext() {
return false;
}
public Object next() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("There are no elements");
}
public void remove() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("There are no elements");
}
}
/**
* Iterator wrapping an Enumeration.
*/
private static class EnumerationIterator implements Iterator {
private Enumeration enumeration;
public EnumerationIterator(Enumeration enumeration) {
this.enumeration = enumeration;
}
public boolean hasNext() {
return enumeration.hasMoreElements();
}
public Object next() {
return enumeration.nextElement();
}
public void remove() throws UnsupportedOperationException {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported");
}
}
}
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