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oracle.irm.engine.classifications.context
Class ContextCollectionFactory

java.lang.Object
oracle.irm.engine.classifications.context.ContextCollectionFactory

public final class ContextCollectionFactory

extends Object

Context collection factory and utilities. This class provides methods for creating new instances of Context collections as well as providing a number of collection based utility methods and fields. These methods are provided mainly for convenience and to provide a consistent way to create Context collections. Methods that take collection parameters make no assumptions about what collection implementation is used, so the use of these factory style methods is at the developers discretion.

Field Summary

static Collection<Context>

EMPTY_CONTEXTS An empty Context collection.

Method Summary

static Map<UUID,Context>	contextsAsMap(Collection<Context> collection) Create a map keyed on Uuid from a collection of Context elements.
static Set<Context>	contextsAsSet(Collection<Context> collection) Create a set of Context elements from a collection.
static Collection<Context>	copyContexts(Collection<Context> collection) Create a shallow copy of a Context collection.
static Collection<Context>	createContexts(Context... elements) Create a Context collection containing zero or more elements.
static Collection<Context>	createContexts(int capacity) Create an empty Context collection with a capacity specified.
static Context	getContextByUuid(Collection<Context> collection, UUID key) Get an element from a Context collection by Uuid.
static Collection<Context>	unmodifiableContexts(Collection<Context> value) Create an immutable shallow copy of a Context collection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_CONTEXTS

public static final Collection<Context> EMPTY_CONTEXTS

An empty Context collection. This empty collection is immutable. This field is useful if a method requires a collection argument but the caller wants to supply an empty collection. Using this field value rather than passing null can aid code clarity.

Method Detail

createContexts

public static Collection<Context> createContexts(Context... elements)

Create a Context collection containing zero or more elements. Creates a collection and adds all of the provided elements into the specified collection. This method is provided as a convenience method as it allows creation of an empty collection, a collection with one element or a collection with many elements (all in one line of code).

Parameters:

elements - The elements to add into the collection.

Returns:

The collection containing the specified elements. If no elements are provided an empty collection is returned.

createContexts

public static Collection<Context> createContexts(int capacity)

Create an empty Context collection with a capacity specified. Creates an empty collection with an initial capacity for n elements.

Parameters:

capacity - The initial collection capacity.

Returns:

The empty collection with the specified capacity.

copyContexts

public static Collection<Context> copyContexts(Collection<Context> collection)

Create a shallow copy of a Context collection. A shallow copy creates a new collection which contains the elements of the provided collection.

Parameters:

collection - The collection to copy.

Returns:

The copy of the collection. If the provided collection is null, an empty collection is returned.

contextsAsSet

public static Set<Context> contextsAsSet(Collection<Context> collection)

Create a set of Context elements from a collection. Context objects can be logically compared using equals. When adding Context objects into a set duplicates will be removed.

Parameters:

collection - The collection to copy.

Returns:

The set. If the provided collection is null, an empty set is returned.

unmodifiableContexts

public static Collection<Context> unmodifiableContexts(Collection<Context> value)

Create an immutable shallow copy of a Context collection. Context objects are immutable (cannot be changed once created). An immutable collection of Context elements can therefore be treated as immutable (neither the collection or elements can be changed once created).

Parameters:

value - The collection to copy.

Returns:

The immutable collection. If the provided collection is null, an empty collection is returned.

contextsAsMap

public static Map<UUID,Context> contextsAsMap(Collection<Context> collection)

Create a map keyed on Uuid from a collection of Context elements. This method creates a map of Context elements, using the Uuid property as the map key. The map will contain a snap shot of the elements from the provided collection. Any changes to the collection after calling this method are not reflected in the map. If the collection contains duplicate elements the map will contain the element that is returned last from the collection's iterator.

Parameters:

collection - The collection to convert to a map.

Returns:

A map. If the provided collection is null, an empty map is returned.

getContextByUuid

public static Context getContextByUuid(Collection<Context> collection,
                                       UUID key)

Get an element from a Context collection by Uuid. This method searches the collection for the first instance of a Context that matches the provided Uuid (first in terms of the order of elements returned by the collection iterator).

Parameters:

collection - The collection.

key - The key.

Returns:

The element, or null if the element with that key value does not exist.

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