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package com.feilong.lib.collection4.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate;

/**
 * Predicate implementation that returns true the first time an object is
 * passed into the predicate.
 * 
 * @param 
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public final class UniquePredicate implements Predicate,Serializable{

    /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3319417438027438040L;

    /** The set of previously seen objects */
    private final Set      iSet             = new HashSet<>();

    /**
     * Factory to create the predicate.
     *
     * @param 
     *            the type that the predicate queries
     * @return the predicate
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the predicate is null
     */
    public static  Predicate uniquePredicate(){
        return new UniquePredicate<>();
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that performs no validation.
     * Use uniquePredicate if you want that.
     */
    public UniquePredicate(){
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input object hasn't been
     * received yet.
     *
     * @param object
     *            the input object
     * @return true if this is the first time the object is seen
     */
    @Override
    public boolean evaluate(final T object){
        return iSet.add(object);
    }

}