org.springframework.webflow.core.collection
Class CollectionUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.CollectionUtils

public class CollectionUtils
extends java.lang.Object

A utility class for working with attribute and parameter collections used by Spring Web FLow.

Author:

Keith Donald, Erwin Vervaet

Field Summary

static AttributeMap	EMPTY_ATTRIBUTE_MAP The shared, singleton empty attribute map instance.
static java.util.Iterator	EMPTY_ITERATOR The shared, singleton empty iterator instance.

Method Summary

static boolean	addAllNoDuplicates(java.util.List target, java.lang.Object[] objects) Add all given objects to given target list.
static AttributeMap	singleEntryMap(java.lang.String attributeName, java.lang.Object attributeValue) Factory method that returns a unmodifiable attribute map with a single entry.
static java.util.Iterator	toIterator(java.util.Enumeration enumeration) Factory method that adapts an enumeration to an iterator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_ITERATOR

public static final java.util.Iterator EMPTY_ITERATOR

The shared, singleton empty iterator instance.

EMPTY_ATTRIBUTE_MAP

public static final AttributeMap EMPTY_ATTRIBUTE_MAP

The shared, singleton empty attribute map instance.

Method Detail

toIterator

public static java.util.Iterator toIterator(java.util.Enumeration enumeration)

Factory method that adapts an enumeration to an iterator.

Parameters:

enumeration - the enumeration

Returns:

the iterator

singleEntryMap

public static AttributeMap singleEntryMap(java.lang.String attributeName,
                                          java.lang.Object attributeValue)

Factory method that returns a unmodifiable attribute map with a single entry.

Parameters:

attributeName - the attribute name

attributeValue - the attribute value

Returns:

the unmodifiable map with a single element

addAllNoDuplicates

public static boolean addAllNoDuplicates(java.util.List target,
                                         java.lang.Object[] objects)

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.

Parameters:

target - the collection to which to objects will be added

objects - the objects to add

Returns:

whether or not the target collection changed