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 * Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package com.google.common.collect;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to object arrays.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
public final class ObjectArrays {
  private ObjectArrays() {}

  /** An empty object array. */
  public static final Object[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Object[0];

  /**
   * Returns a new array of the given length with the specified component type.
   *
   * @param type the component type
   * @param length the length of the new array
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static  T[] newArray(Class type, int length) {
    return (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, length);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array of the given length with the same type as a reference
   * array.
   *
   * @param reference any array of the desired type
   * @param length the length of the new array
   */
  public static  T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {
    Class type = reference.getClass().getComponentType();

    // the cast is safe because result.getClass() == reference.getClass()
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    T[] result = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, length);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty array with the same component type as the specified array.
   *
   * @param array the array from which to infer the component type
   */
  public static  T[] emptyArray(T[] array) {
    return (array.length == 0) ? array : newArray(array, 0);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array that contains the concatenated contents of two arrays.
   *
   * @param first the first array of elements to concatenate
   * @param second the second array of elements to concatenate
   * @param type the component type of the returned array
   */
  public static  T[] concat(T[] first, T[] second, Class type) {
    T[] result = newArray(type, first.length + second.length);
    System.arraycopy(first, 0, result, 0, first.length);
    System.arraycopy(second, 0, result, first.length, second.length);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * This method implements {@code Collection.toArray(Object[])} for Collection
   * implementations to share. Other code should never need to use it, as it can
   * call {@link Collection#toArray(Object[])}.
   *
   * @param self the collection for which to return an array of elements
   * @param array the array in which to place the collection elements
   */
  static  T[] toArrayImpl(Collection self, T[] array) {
    int size = self.size();
    if (array.length < size) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Class type
          = (Class) array.getClass().getComponentType();
      array = newArray(type, size);
    }
    fillArray(self, array);
    if (array.length > size) {
      array[size] = null;
    }
    return array;
  }

  /**
   * This method implements {@code Collection.toArray()} for Collection
   * implementations to share. Other code should never need to use it, as it can
   * call {@link Collection#toArray()}.
   *
   * @param self the collection for which to return an array of elements
   */
  static Object[] toArrayImpl(Collection self) {
    return fillArray(self, new Object[self.size()]);
  }

  private static Object[] fillArray(Iterable elements, Object[] array) {
    int i = 0;
    for (Object element : elements) {
      array[i++] = element;
    }
    return array;
  }
}