uk.ac.ebi.pride.utilities.data.utils

Class CollectionUtils

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.ebi.pride.utilities.data.utils.CollectionUtils

public final class CollectionUtils
extends Object

A utility class to enhance Collections class in JDK

Author:

Rui Wang, Yasset Perez-Riverol Date: 16-Apr-2010 Time: 11:05:42

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> List<T>	createEmptyList()
static <T> List<T>	createListFromList(Collection<T> collection)
static <T> T	getElement(Collection<T> collection, int index)
static <T> int	getIndex(Collection<T> collection, T element) Get the index of a element in a collection
static <T> T	getLastElement(Collection<T> collection)
static <T> void	replaceValuesInCollection(Collection<T> from, Collection<T> to)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getIndex

public static <T> int getIndex(Collection<T> collection,
               T element)

Get the index of a element in a collection

Parameters:

collection - collection to search

element - element to search for

Returns:

int element index in the collection

getElement

public static <T> T getElement(Collection<T> collection,
               int index)

getLastElement

public static <T> T getLastElement(Collection<T> collection)

createListFromList

public static <T> List<T> createListFromList(Collection<T> collection)

replaceValuesInCollection

public static <T> void replaceValuesInCollection(Collection<T> from,
                                 Collection<T> to)

createEmptyList

public static <T> List<T> createEmptyList()