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package org.apache.commons.collections4;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.bag.HashBag;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.PredicatedCollection;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.SynchronizedCollection;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.TransformedCollection;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.UnmodifiableBoundedCollection;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.UnmodifiableCollection;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.functors.TruePredicate;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators.CollatingIterator;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators.PermutationIterator;
/**
* Provides utility methods and decorators for {@link Collection} instances.
*
* Various utility methods might put the input objects into a Set/Map/Bag. In case
* the input objects override {@link Object#equals(Object)}, it is mandatory that
* the general contract of the {@link Object#hashCode()} method is maintained.
*
* NOTE: From 4.0, method parameters will take {@link Iterable} objects when possible.
*
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: CollectionUtils.java 1686855 2015-06-22 13:00:27Z tn $
*/
public class CollectionUtils {
/**
* Helper class to easily access cardinality properties of two collections.
* @param the element type
*/
private static class CardinalityHelper {
/** Contains the cardinality for each object in collection A. */
final Map cardinalityA;
/** Contains the cardinality for each object in collection B. */
final Map cardinalityB;
/**
* Create a new CardinalityHelper for two collections.
* @param a the first collection
* @param b the second collection
*/
public CardinalityHelper(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
cardinalityA = CollectionUtils.getCardinalityMap(a);
cardinalityB = CollectionUtils.getCardinalityMap(b);
}
/**
* Returns the maximum frequency of an object.
* @param obj the object
* @return the maximum frequency of the object
*/
public final int max(final Object obj) {
return Math.max(freqA(obj), freqB(obj));
}
/**
* Returns the minimum frequency of an object.
* @param obj the object
* @return the minimum frequency of the object
*/
public final int min(final Object obj) {
return Math.min(freqA(obj), freqB(obj));
}
/**
* Returns the frequency of this object in collection A.
* @param obj the object
* @return the frequency of the object in collection A
*/
public int freqA(final Object obj) {
return getFreq(obj, cardinalityA);
}
/**
* Returns the frequency of this object in collection B.
* @param obj the object
* @return the frequency of the object in collection B
*/
public int freqB(final Object obj) {
return getFreq(obj, cardinalityB);
}
private final int getFreq(final Object obj, final Map, Integer> freqMap) {
final Integer count = freqMap.get(obj);
if (count != null) {
return count.intValue();
}
return 0;
}
}
/**
* Helper class for set-related operations, e.g. union, subtract, intersection.
* @param the element type
*/
private static class SetOperationCardinalityHelper extends CardinalityHelper implements Iterable {
/** Contains the unique elements of the two collections. */
private final Set elements;
/** Output collection. */
private final List newList;
/**
* Create a new set operation helper from the two collections.
* @param a the first collection
* @param b the second collection
*/
public SetOperationCardinalityHelper(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
super(a, b);
elements = new HashSet();
addAll(elements, a);
addAll(elements, b);
// the resulting list must contain at least each unique element, but may grow
newList = new ArrayList(elements.size());
}
public Iterator iterator() {
return elements.iterator();
}
/**
* Add the object {@code count} times to the result collection.
* @param obj the object to add
* @param count the count
*/
public void setCardinality(final O obj, final int count) {
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
newList.add(obj);
}
}
/**
* Returns the resulting collection.
* @return the result
*/
public Collection list() {
return newList;
}
}
/**
* An empty unmodifiable collection.
* The JDK provides empty Set and List implementations which could be used for
* this purpose. However they could be cast to Set or List which might be
* undesirable. This implementation only implements Collection.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // we deliberately use the raw type here
public static final Collection EMPTY_COLLECTION =
UnmodifiableCollection.unmodifiableCollection(new ArrayList());
/**
* CollectionUtils
should not normally be instantiated.
*/
private CollectionUtils() {}
/**
* Returns the immutable EMPTY_COLLECTION with generic type safety.
*
* @see #EMPTY_COLLECTION
* @since 4.0
* @param the element type
* @return immutable empty collection
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // OK, empty collection is compatible with any type
public static Collection emptyCollection() {
return EMPTY_COLLECTION;
}
/**
* Returns an immutable empty collection if the argument is null
,
* or the argument itself otherwise.
*
* @param the element type
* @param collection the collection, possibly null
* @return an empty collection if the argument is null
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // OK, empty collection is compatible with any type
public static Collection emptyIfNull(final Collection collection) {
return collection == null ? EMPTY_COLLECTION : collection;
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Collection} containing the union of the given
* {@link Iterable}s.
*
* The cardinality of each element in the returned {@link Collection} will
* be equal to the maximum of the cardinality of that element in the two
* given {@link Iterable}s.
*
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param the generic type that is able to represent the types contained
* in both input collections.
* @return the union of the two collections
* @see Collection#addAll
*/
public static Collection union(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
final SetOperationCardinalityHelper helper = new SetOperationCardinalityHelper(a, b);
for (final O obj : helper) {
helper.setCardinality(obj, helper.max(obj));
}
return helper.list();
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Collection} containing the intersection of the given
* {@link Iterable}s.
*
* The cardinality of each element in the returned {@link Collection} will
* be equal to the minimum of the cardinality of that element in the two
* given {@link Iterable}s.
*
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param the generic type that is able to represent the types contained
* in both input collections.
* @return the intersection of the two collections
* @see Collection#retainAll
* @see #containsAny
*/
public static Collection intersection(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
final SetOperationCardinalityHelper helper = new SetOperationCardinalityHelper(a, b);
for (final O obj : helper) {
helper.setCardinality(obj, helper.min(obj));
}
return helper.list();
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Collection} containing the exclusive disjunction
* (symmetric difference) of the given {@link Iterable}s.
*
* The cardinality of each element e in the returned
* {@link Collection} will be equal to
* max(cardinality(e ,a ),cardinality(e ,b )) - min(cardinality(e ,a ),
* cardinality(e ,b )) .
*
* This is equivalent to
* {@code {@link #subtract subtract}({@link #union union(a,b)},{@link #intersection intersection(a,b)})}
* or
* {@code {@link #union union}({@link #subtract subtract(a,b)},{@link #subtract subtract(b,a)})}.
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param the generic type that is able to represent the types contained
* in both input collections.
* @return the symmetric difference of the two collections
*/
public static Collection disjunction(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
final SetOperationCardinalityHelper helper = new SetOperationCardinalityHelper(a, b);
for (final O obj : helper) {
helper.setCardinality(obj, helper.max(obj) - helper.min(obj));
}
return helper.list();
}
/**
* Returns a new {@link Collection} containing {@code a - b }.
* The cardinality of each element e in the returned {@link Collection}
* will be the cardinality of e in a minus the cardinality
* of e in b , or zero, whichever is greater.
*
* @param a the collection to subtract from, must not be null
* @param b the collection to subtract, must not be null
* @param the generic type that is able to represent the types contained
* in both input collections.
* @return a new collection with the results
* @see Collection#removeAll
*/
public static Collection subtract(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b) {
final Predicate p = TruePredicate.truePredicate();
return subtract(a, b, p);
}
/**
* Returns a new {@link Collection} containing a minus a subset of
* b . Only the elements of b that satisfy the predicate
* condition, p are subtracted from a .
*
* The cardinality of each element e in the returned {@link Collection}
* that satisfies the predicate condition will be the cardinality of e in a
* minus the cardinality of e in b , or zero, whichever is greater.
* The cardinality of each element e in the returned {@link Collection} that does not
* satisfy the predicate condition will be equal to the cardinality of e in a .
*
* @param a the collection to subtract from, must not be null
* @param b the collection to subtract, must not be null
* @param p the condition used to determine which elements of b are
* subtracted.
* @param the generic type that is able to represent the types contained
* in both input collections.
* @return a new collection with the results
* @since 4.0
* @see Collection#removeAll
*/
public static Collection subtract(final Iterable extends O> a,
final Iterable extends O> b,
final Predicate p) {
final ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
final HashBag bag = new HashBag();
for (final O element : b) {
if (p.evaluate(element)) {
bag.add(element);
}
}
for (final O element : a) {
if (!bag.remove(element, 1)) {
list.add(element);
}
}
return list;
}
/**
* Returns true
iff all elements of {@code coll2} are also contained
* in {@code coll1}. The cardinality of values in {@code coll2} is not taken into account,
* which is the same behavior as {@link Collection#containsAll(Collection)}.
*
* In other words, this method returns true
iff the
* {@link #intersection} of coll1 and coll2 has the same cardinality as
* the set of unique values from {@code coll2}. In case {@code coll2} is empty, {@code true}
* will be returned.
*
* This method is intended as a replacement for {@link Collection#containsAll(Collection)}
* with a guaranteed runtime complexity of {@code O(n + m)}. Depending on the type of
* {@link Collection} provided, this method will be much faster than calling
* {@link Collection#containsAll(Collection)} instead, though this will come at the
* cost of an additional space complexity O(n).
*
* @param coll1 the first collection, must not be null
* @param coll2 the second collection, must not be null
* @return true
iff the intersection of the collections has the same cardinality
* as the set of unique elements from the second collection
* @since 4.0
*/
public static boolean containsAll(final Collection> coll1, final Collection> coll2) {
if (coll2.isEmpty()) {
return true;
} else {
final Iterator> it = coll1.iterator();
final Set elementsAlreadySeen = new HashSet();
for (final Object nextElement : coll2) {
if (elementsAlreadySeen.contains(nextElement)) {
continue;
}
boolean foundCurrentElement = false;
while (it.hasNext()) {
final Object p = it.next();
elementsAlreadySeen.add(p);
if (nextElement == null ? p == null : nextElement.equals(p)) {
foundCurrentElement = true;
break;
}
}
if (foundCurrentElement) {
continue;
} else {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
/**
* Returns true
iff at least one element is in both collections.
*
* In other words, this method returns true
iff the
* {@link #intersection} of coll1 and coll2 is not empty.
*
* @param coll1 the first collection, must not be null
* @param coll2 the second collection, must not be null
* @return true
iff the intersection of the collections is non-empty
* @since 2.1
* @see #intersection
*/
public static boolean containsAny(final Collection> coll1, final Collection> coll2) {
if (coll1.size() < coll2.size()) {
for (final Object aColl1 : coll1) {
if (coll2.contains(aColl1)) {
return true;
}
}
} else {
for (final Object aColl2 : coll2) {
if (coll1.contains(aColl2)) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Map} mapping each unique element in the given
* {@link Collection} to an {@link Integer} representing the number
* of occurrences of that element in the {@link Collection}.
*
* Only those elements present in the collection will appear as
* keys in the map.
*
* @param the type of object in the returned {@link Map}. This is a super type of .
* @param coll the collection to get the cardinality map for, must not be null
* @return the populated cardinality map
*/
public static Map getCardinalityMap(final Iterable extends O> coll) {
final Map count = new HashMap();
for (final O obj : coll) {
final Integer c = count.get(obj);
if (c == null) {
count.put(obj, Integer.valueOf(1));
} else {
count.put(obj, Integer.valueOf(c.intValue() + 1));
}
}
return count;
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} iff a is a sub-collection of b ,
* that is, iff the cardinality of e in a is less than or
* equal to the cardinality of e in b , for each element e
* in a .
*
* @param a the first (sub?) collection, must not be null
* @param b the second (super?) collection, must not be null
* @return true
iff a is a sub-collection of b
* @see #isProperSubCollection
* @see Collection#containsAll
*/
public static boolean isSubCollection(final Collection> a, final Collection> b) {
final CardinalityHelper helper = new CardinalityHelper(a, b);
for (final Object obj : a) {
if (helper.freqA(obj) > helper.freqB(obj)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} iff a is a proper sub-collection of b ,
* that is, iff the cardinality of e in a is less
* than or equal to the cardinality of e in b ,
* for each element e in a , and there is at least one
* element f such that the cardinality of f in b
* is strictly greater than the cardinality of f in a .
*
* The implementation assumes
*
* a.size()
and b.size()
represent the
* total cardinality of a and b , resp.
* a.size() < Integer.MAXVALUE
*
*
* @param a the first (sub?) collection, must not be null
* @param b the second (super?) collection, must not be null
* @return true
iff a is a proper sub-collection of b
* @see #isSubCollection
* @see Collection#containsAll
*/
public static boolean isProperSubCollection(final Collection> a, final Collection> b) {
return a.size() < b.size() && CollectionUtils.isSubCollection(a, b);
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} iff the given {@link Collection}s contain
* exactly the same elements with exactly the same cardinalities.
*
* That is, iff the cardinality of e in a is
* equal to the cardinality of e in b ,
* for each element e in a or b .
*
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @return true
iff the collections contain the same elements with the same cardinalities.
*/
public static boolean isEqualCollection(final Collection> a, final Collection> b) {
if(a.size() != b.size()) {
return false;
}
final CardinalityHelper helper = new CardinalityHelper(a, b);
if(helper.cardinalityA.size() != helper.cardinalityB.size()) {
return false;
}
for( final Object obj : helper.cardinalityA.keySet()) {
if(helper.freqA(obj) != helper.freqB(obj)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} iff the given {@link Collection}s contain
* exactly the same elements with exactly the same cardinalities.
*
* That is, iff the cardinality of e in a is
* equal to the cardinality of e in b ,
* for each element e in a or b .
*
* Note: from version 4.1 onwards this method requires the input
* collections and equator to be of compatible type (using bounded wildcards).
* Providing incompatible arguments (e.g. by casting to their rawtypes)
* will result in a {@code ClassCastException} thrown at runtime.
*
* @param the element type
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param equator the Equator used for testing equality
* @return true
iff the collections contain the same elements with the same cardinalities.
* @throws NullPointerException if the equator is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static boolean isEqualCollection(final Collection extends E> a,
final Collection extends E> b,
final Equator super E> equator) {
if (equator == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("Equator must not be null.");
}
if(a.size() != b.size()) {
return false;
}
@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
final Transformer transformer = new Transformer() {
public EquatorWrapper> transform(final Object input) {
return new EquatorWrapper(equator, input);
}
};
return isEqualCollection(collect(a, transformer), collect(b, transformer));
}
/**
* Wraps another object and uses the provided Equator to implement
* {@link #equals(Object)} and {@link #hashCode()}.
*
* This class can be used to store objects into a Map.
*
* @param the element type
* @since 4.0
*/
private static class EquatorWrapper {
private final Equator super O> equator;
private final O object;
public EquatorWrapper(final Equator super O> equator, final O object) {
this.equator = equator;
this.object = object;
}
public O getObject() {
return object;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
if (!(obj instanceof EquatorWrapper)) {
return false;
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
final EquatorWrapper otherObj = (EquatorWrapper) obj;
return equator.equate(object, otherObj.getObject());
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return equator.hash(object);
}
}
/**
* Returns the number of occurrences of obj in coll .
*
* @param obj the object to find the cardinality of
* @param coll the {@link Iterable} to search
* @param the type of object that the {@link Iterable} may contain.
* @return the the number of occurrences of obj in coll
* @throws NullPointerException if coll is null
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#frequency(Iterable, Object)} instead.
* Be aware that the order of parameters has changed.
*/
@Deprecated
public static int cardinality(final O obj, final Iterable super O> coll) {
if (coll == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("coll must not be null.");
}
return IterableUtils.frequency(coll, obj);
}
/**
* Finds the first element in the given collection which matches the given predicate.
*
* If the input collection or predicate is null, or no element of the collection
* matches the predicate, null is returned.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param collection the collection to search, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return the first element of the collection which matches the predicate or null if none could be found
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#find(Iterable, Predicate)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static T find(final Iterable collection, final Predicate super T> predicate) {
return predicate != null ? IterableUtils.find(collection, predicate) : null;
}
/**
* Executes the given closure on each element in the collection.
*
* If the input collection or closure is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param the closure type
* @param collection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param closure the closure to perform, may be null
* @return closure
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#forEach(Iterable, Closure)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static > C forAllDo(final Iterable collection, final C closure) {
if (closure != null) {
IterableUtils.forEach(collection, closure);
}
return closure;
}
/**
* Executes the given closure on each element in the collection.
*
* If the input collection or closure is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterator} contains
* @param the closure type
* @param iterator the iterator to get the input from, may be null
* @param closure the closure to perform, may be null
* @return closure
* @since 4.0
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IteratorUtils#forEach(Iterator, Closure)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static > C forAllDo(final Iterator iterator, final C closure) {
if (closure != null) {
IteratorUtils.forEach(iterator, closure);
}
return closure;
}
/**
* Executes the given closure on each but the last element in the collection.
*
* If the input collection or closure is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param the closure type
* @param collection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param closure the closure to perform, may be null
* @return the last element in the collection, or null if either collection or closure is null
* @since 4.0
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#forEachButLast(Iterable, Closure)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static > T forAllButLastDo(final Iterable collection,
final C closure) {
return closure != null ? IterableUtils.forEachButLast(collection, closure) : null;
}
/**
* Executes the given closure on each but the last element in the collection.
*
* If the input collection or closure is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param the closure type
* @param iterator the iterator to get the input from, may be null
* @param closure the closure to perform, may be null
* @return the last element in the collection, or null if either iterator or closure is null
* @since 4.0
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IteratorUtils#forEachButLast(Iterator, Closure)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static > T forAllButLastDo(final Iterator iterator, final C closure) {
return closure != null ? IteratorUtils.forEachButLast(iterator, closure) : null;
}
/**
* Filter the collection by applying a Predicate to each element. If the
* predicate returns false, remove the element.
*
* If the input collection or predicate is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param collection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use as a filter, may be null
* @return true if the collection is modified by this call, false otherwise.
*/
public static boolean filter(final Iterable collection, final Predicate super T> predicate) {
boolean result = false;
if (collection != null && predicate != null) {
for (final Iterator it = collection.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
if (!predicate.evaluate(it.next())) {
it.remove();
result = true;
}
}
}
return result;
}
/**
* Filter the collection by applying a Predicate to each element. If the
* predicate returns true, remove the element.
*
* This is equivalent to
filter(collection, PredicateUtils.notPredicate(predicate))
* if predicate is != null.
*
* If the input collection or predicate is null, there is no change made.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param collection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use as a filter, may be null
* @return true if the collection is modified by this call, false otherwise.
*/
public static boolean filterInverse(final Iterable collection, final Predicate super T> predicate) {
return filter(collection, predicate == null ? null : PredicateUtils.notPredicate(predicate));
}
/**
* Transform the collection by applying a Transformer to each element.
*
* If the input collection or transformer is null, there is no change made.
*
* This routine is best for Lists, for which set() is used to do the
* transformations "in place." For other Collections, clear() and addAll()
* are used to replace elements.
*
* If the input collection controls its input, such as a Set, and the
* Transformer creates duplicates (or are otherwise invalid), the collection
* may reduce in size due to calling this method.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the {@link Collection} to get the input from, may be null
* @param transformer the transformer to perform, may be null
*/
public static void transform(final Collection collection,
final Transformer super C, ? extends C> transformer) {
if (collection != null && transformer != null) {
if (collection instanceof List>) {
final List list = (List) collection;
for (final ListIterator it = list.listIterator(); it.hasNext();) {
it.set(transformer.transform(it.next()));
}
} else {
final Collection resultCollection = collect(collection, transformer);
collection.clear();
collection.addAll(resultCollection);
}
}
}
/**
* Counts the number of elements in the input collection that match the
* predicate.
*
* A null
collection or predicate matches no elements.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param input the {@link Iterable} to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return the number of matches for the predicate in the collection
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#countMatches(Iterable, Predicate)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static int countMatches(final Iterable input, final Predicate super C> predicate) {
return predicate == null ? 0 : (int) IterableUtils.countMatches(input, predicate);
}
/**
* Answers true if a predicate is true for at least one element of a
* collection.
*
* A null
collection or predicate returns false.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param input the {@link Iterable} to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return true if at least one element of the collection matches the predicate
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#matchesAny(Iterable, Predicate)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static boolean exists(final Iterable input, final Predicate super C> predicate) {
return predicate == null ? false : IterableUtils.matchesAny(input, predicate);
}
/**
* Answers true if a predicate is true for every element of a
* collection.
*
* A null
predicate returns false.
* A null
or empty collection returns true.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param input the {@link Iterable} to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return true if every element of the collection matches the predicate or if the
* collection is empty, false otherwise
* @since 4.0
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@link IterableUtils#matchesAll(Iterable, Predicate)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static boolean matchesAll(final Iterable input, final Predicate super C> predicate) {
return predicate == null ? false : IterableUtils.matchesAll(input, predicate);
}
/**
* Selects all elements from input collection which match the given
* predicate into an output collection.
*
* A null
predicate matches no elements.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may not be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return the elements matching the predicate (new list)
* @throws NullPointerException if the input collection is null
*/
public static Collection select(final Iterable extends O> inputCollection,
final Predicate super O> predicate) {
final Collection answer = inputCollection instanceof Collection> ?
new ArrayList(((Collection>) inputCollection).size()) : new ArrayList();
return select(inputCollection, predicate, answer);
}
/**
* Selects all elements from input collection which match the given
* predicate and adds them to outputCollection.
*
* If the input collection or predicate is null, there is no change to the
* output collection.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param the type of the output {@link Collection}
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @param outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be null if the inputCollection
* and predicate or not null
* @return the outputCollection
*/
public static > R select(final Iterable extends O> inputCollection,
final Predicate super O> predicate, final R outputCollection) {
if (inputCollection != null && predicate != null) {
for (final O item : inputCollection) {
if (predicate.evaluate(item)) {
outputCollection.add(item);
}
}
}
return outputCollection;
}
/**
* Selects all elements from inputCollection into an output and rejected collection,
* based on the evaluation of the given predicate.
*
* Elements matching the predicate are added to the outputCollection
,
* all other elements are added to the rejectedCollection
.
*
* If the input predicate is null
, no elements are added to
* outputCollection
or rejectedCollection
.
*
* Note: calling the method is equivalent to the following code snippet:
*
* select(inputCollection, predicate, outputCollection);
* selectRejected(inputCollection, predicate, rejectedCollection);
*
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param the type of the output {@link Collection}
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @param outputCollection the collection to output selected elements into, may not be null if the
* inputCollection and predicate are not null
* @param rejectedCollection the collection to output rejected elements into, may not be null if the
* inputCollection or predicate are not null
* @return the outputCollection
* @since 4.1
*/
public static > R select(final Iterable extends O> inputCollection,
final Predicate super O> predicate, R outputCollection, R rejectedCollection) {
if (inputCollection != null && predicate != null) {
for (final O element : inputCollection) {
if (predicate.evaluate(element)) {
outputCollection.add(element);
} else {
rejectedCollection.add(element);
}
}
}
return outputCollection;
}
/**
* Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given
* predicate into an output collection.
*
* If the input predicate is null
, the result is an empty
* list.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may not be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @return the elements not matching the predicate (new list)
* @throws NullPointerException if the input collection is null
*/
public static Collection selectRejected(final Iterable extends O> inputCollection,
final Predicate super O> predicate) {
final Collection answer = inputCollection instanceof Collection> ?
new ArrayList(((Collection>) inputCollection).size()) : new ArrayList();
return selectRejected(inputCollection, predicate, answer);
}
/**
* Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given
* predicate and adds them to outputCollection.
*
* If the input predicate is null
, no elements are added to
* outputCollection
.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Iterable} contains
* @param the type of the output {@link Collection}
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
* @param outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be null if the inputCollection
* and predicate or not null
* @return outputCollection
*/
public static > R selectRejected(final Iterable extends O> inputCollection,
final Predicate super O> predicate, final R outputCollection) {
if (inputCollection != null && predicate != null) {
for (final O item : inputCollection) {
if (!predicate.evaluate(item)) {
outputCollection.add(item);
}
}
}
return outputCollection;
}
/**
* Returns a new Collection containing all elements of the input collection
* transformed by the given transformer.
*
* If the input collection or transformer is null, the result is an empty list.
*
* @param the type of object in the input collection
* @param the type of object in the output collection
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may not be null
* @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
* @return the transformed result (new list)
* @throws NullPointerException if the input collection is null
*/
public static Collection collect(final Iterable inputCollection,
final Transformer super I, ? extends O> transformer) {
final Collection answer = inputCollection instanceof Collection> ?
new ArrayList(((Collection>) inputCollection).size()) : new ArrayList();
return collect(inputCollection, transformer, answer);
}
/**
* Transforms all elements from the input iterator with the given transformer
* and adds them to the output collection.
*
* If the input iterator or transformer is null, the result is an empty list.
*
* @param the type of object in the input collection
* @param the type of object in the output collection
* @param inputIterator the iterator to get the input from, may be null
* @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
* @return the transformed result (new list)
*/
public static Collection collect(final Iterator inputIterator,
final Transformer super I, ? extends O> transformer) {
return collect(inputIterator, transformer, new ArrayList());
}
/**
* Transforms all elements from input collection with the given transformer
* and adds them to the output collection.
*
* If the input collection or transformer is null, there is no change to the
* output collection.
*
* @param the type of object in the input collection
* @param the type of object in the output collection
* @param the type of the output collection
* @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be null
* @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
* @param outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be null if inputCollection
* and transformer are not null
* @return the output collection with the transformed input added
* @throws NullPointerException if the outputCollection is null and both, inputCollection and
* transformer are not null
*/
public static > R collect(final Iterable extends I> inputCollection,
final Transformer super I, ? extends O> transformer, final R outputCollection) {
if (inputCollection != null) {
return collect(inputCollection.iterator(), transformer, outputCollection);
}
return outputCollection;
}
/**
* Transforms all elements from the input iterator with the given transformer
* and adds them to the output collection.
*
* If the input iterator or transformer is null, there is no change to the
* output collection.
*
* @param the type of object in the input collection
* @param the type of object in the output collection
* @param the type of the output collection
* @param inputIterator the iterator to get the input from, may be null
* @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
* @param outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be null if inputIterator
* and transformer are not null
* @return the outputCollection with the transformed input added
* @throws NullPointerException if the output collection is null and both, inputIterator and
* transformer are not null
*/
public static > R collect(final Iterator extends I> inputIterator,
final Transformer super I, ? extends O> transformer, final R outputCollection) {
if (inputIterator != null && transformer != null) {
while (inputIterator.hasNext()) {
final I item = inputIterator.next();
final O value = transformer.transform(item);
outputCollection.add(value);
}
}
return outputCollection;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Adds an element to the collection unless the element is null.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null
* @param object the object to add, if null it will not be added
* @return true if the collection changed
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection is null
* @since 3.2
*/
public static boolean addIgnoreNull(final Collection collection, final T object) {
if (collection == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The collection must not be null");
}
return object != null && collection.add(object);
}
/**
* Adds all elements in the {@link Iterable} to the given collection. If the
* {@link Iterable} is a {@link Collection} then it is cast and will be
* added using {@link Collection#addAll(Collection)} instead of iterating.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null
* @param iterable the iterable of elements to add, must not be null
* @return a boolean indicating whether the collection has changed or not.
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection or iterator is null
*/
public static boolean addAll(final Collection collection, final Iterable extends C> iterable) {
if (iterable instanceof Collection>) {
return collection.addAll((Collection extends C>) iterable);
}
return addAll(collection, iterable.iterator());
}
/**
* Adds all elements in the iteration to the given collection.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null
* @param iterator the iterator of elements to add, must not be null
* @return a boolean indicating whether the collection has changed or not.
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection or iterator is null
*/
public static boolean addAll(final Collection collection, final Iterator extends C> iterator) {
boolean changed = false;
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
changed |= collection.add(iterator.next());
}
return changed;
}
/**
* Adds all elements in the enumeration to the given collection.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null
* @param enumeration the enumeration of elements to add, must not be null
* @return {@code true} if the collections was changed, {@code false} otherwise
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection or enumeration is null
*/
public static boolean addAll(final Collection collection, final Enumeration extends C> enumeration) {
boolean changed = false;
while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
changed |= collection.add(enumeration.nextElement());
}
return changed;
}
/**
* Adds all elements in the array to the given collection.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null
* @param elements the array of elements to add, must not be null
* @return {@code true} if the collection was changed, {@code false} otherwise
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection or array is null
*/
public static boolean addAll(final Collection collection, final C[] elements) {
boolean changed = false;
for (final C element : elements) {
changed |= collection.add(element);
}
return changed;
}
/**
* Returns the index
-th value in {@link Iterator}, throwing
* IndexOutOfBoundsException
if there is no such element.
*
* The Iterator is advanced to index
(or to the end, if
* index
exceeds the number of entries) as a side effect of this method.
*
* @param iterator the iterator to get a value from
* @param index the index to get
* @param the type of object in the {@link Iterator}
* @return the object at the specified index
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object type is invalid
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@code IteratorUtils.get(Iterator, int)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static T get(final Iterator iterator, final int index) {
return IteratorUtils.get(iterator, index);
}
/**
* Ensures an index is not negative.
* @param index the index to check.
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is negative.
*/
static void checkIndexBounds(final int index) {
if (index < 0) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index cannot be negative: " + index);
}
}
/**
* Returns the index
-th value in the iterable
's {@link Iterator}, throwing
* IndexOutOfBoundsException
if there is no such element.
*
* If the {@link Iterable} is a {@link List}, then it will use {@link List#get(int)}.
*
* @param iterable the {@link Iterable} to get a value from
* @param index the index to get
* @param the type of object in the {@link Iterable}.
* @return the object at the specified index
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
* @deprecated since 4.1, use {@code IterableUtils.get(Iterable, int)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public static T get(final Iterable iterable, final int index) {
return IterableUtils.get(iterable, index);
}
/**
* Returns the index
-th value in object
, throwing
* IndexOutOfBoundsException
if there is no such element or
* IllegalArgumentException
if object
is not an
* instance of one of the supported types.
*
* The supported types, and associated semantics are:
*
* Map -- the value returned is the Map.Entry
in position
* index
in the map's entrySet
iterator,
* if there is such an entry.
* List -- this method is equivalent to the list's get method.
* Array -- the index
-th array entry is returned,
* if there is such an entry; otherwise an IndexOutOfBoundsException
* is thrown.
* Collection -- the value returned is the index
-th object
* returned by the collection's default iterator, if there is such an element.
* Iterator or Enumeration -- the value returned is the
* index
-th object in the Iterator/Enumeration, if there
* is such an element. The Iterator/Enumeration is advanced to
* index
(or to the end, if index
exceeds the
* number of entries) as a side effect of this method.
*
*
* @param object the object to get a value from
* @param index the index to get
* @return the object at the specified index
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object type is invalid
*/
public static Object get(final Object object, final int index) {
int i = index;
if (i < 0) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index cannot be negative: " + i);
}
if (object instanceof Map,?>) {
final Map, ?> map = (Map, ?>) object;
final Iterator> iterator = map.entrySet().iterator();
return IteratorUtils.get(iterator, i);
} else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
return ((Object[]) object)[i];
} else if (object instanceof Iterator>) {
final Iterator> it = (Iterator>) object;
return IteratorUtils.get(it, i);
} else if (object instanceof Iterable>) {
final Iterable> iterable = (Iterable>) object;
return IterableUtils.get(iterable, i);
} else if (object instanceof Collection>) {
final Iterator> iterator = ((Collection>) object).iterator();
return IteratorUtils.get(iterator, i);
} else if (object instanceof Enumeration>) {
final Enumeration> it = (Enumeration>) object;
return EnumerationUtils.get(it, i);
} else if (object == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported object type: null");
} else {
try {
return Array.get(object, i);
} catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported object type: " + object.getClass().getName());
}
}
}
/**
* Returns the index
-th Map.Entry
in the map
's entrySet
,
* throwing IndexOutOfBoundsException
if there is no such element.
*
* @param the key type in the {@link Map}
* @param the key type in the {@link Map}
* @param map the object to get a value from
* @param index the index to get
* @return the object at the specified index
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid
*/
public static Map.Entry get(final Map map, final int index) {
checkIndexBounds(index);
return get(map.entrySet(), index);
}
/**
* Gets the size of the collection/iterator specified.
*
* This method can handles objects as follows
*
* Collection - the collection size
* Map - the map size
* Array - the array size
* Iterator - the number of elements remaining in the iterator
* Enumeration - the number of elements remaining in the enumeration
*
*
* @param object the object to get the size of, may be null
* @return the size of the specified collection or 0 if the object was null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if object is not recognised
* @since 3.1
*/
public static int size(final Object object) {
if (object == null) {
return 0;
}
int total = 0;
if (object instanceof Map,?>) {
total = ((Map, ?>) object).size();
} else if (object instanceof Collection>) {
total = ((Collection>) object).size();
} else if (object instanceof Iterable>) {
total = IterableUtils.size((Iterable>) object);
} else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
total = ((Object[]) object).length;
} else if (object instanceof Iterator>) {
total = IteratorUtils.size((Iterator>) object);
} else if (object instanceof Enumeration>) {
final Enumeration> it = (Enumeration>) object;
while (it.hasMoreElements()) {
total++;
it.nextElement();
}
} else {
try {
total = Array.getLength(object);
} catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported object type: " + object.getClass().getName());
}
}
return total;
}
/**
* Checks if the specified collection/array/iterator is empty.
*
* This method can handles objects as follows
*
* Collection - via collection isEmpty
* Map - via map isEmpty
* Array - using array size
* Iterator - via hasNext
* Enumeration - via hasMoreElements
*
*
* Note: This method is named to avoid clashing with
* {@link #isEmpty(Collection)}.
*
* @param object the object to get the size of, may be null
* @return true if empty or null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if object is not recognised
* @since 3.2
*/
public static boolean sizeIsEmpty(final Object object) {
if (object == null) {
return true;
} else if (object instanceof Collection>) {
return ((Collection>) object).isEmpty();
} else if (object instanceof Iterable>) {
return IterableUtils.isEmpty((Iterable>) object);
} else if (object instanceof Map, ?>) {
return ((Map, ?>) object).isEmpty();
} else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
return ((Object[]) object).length == 0;
} else if (object instanceof Iterator>) {
return ((Iterator>) object).hasNext() == false;
} else if (object instanceof Enumeration>) {
return ((Enumeration>) object).hasMoreElements() == false;
} else {
try {
return Array.getLength(object) == 0;
} catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported object type: " + object.getClass().getName());
}
}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Null-safe check if the specified collection is empty.
*
* Null returns true.
*
* @param coll the collection to check, may be null
* @return true if empty or null
* @since 3.2
*/
public static boolean isEmpty(final Collection> coll) {
return coll == null || coll.isEmpty();
}
/**
* Null-safe check if the specified collection is not empty.
*
* Null returns false.
*
* @param coll the collection to check, may be null
* @return true if non-null and non-empty
* @since 3.2
*/
public static boolean isNotEmpty(final Collection> coll) {
return !isEmpty(coll);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Reverses the order of the given array.
*
* @param array the array to reverse
*/
public static void reverseArray(final Object[] array) {
int i = 0;
int j = array.length - 1;
Object tmp;
while (j > i) {
tmp = array[j];
array[j] = array[i];
array[i] = tmp;
j--;
i++;
}
}
/**
* Returns true if no more elements can be added to the Collection.
*
* This method uses the {@link BoundedCollection} interface to determine the
* full status. If the collection does not implement this interface then
* false is returned.
*
* The collection does not have to implement this interface directly.
* If the collection has been decorated using the decorators subpackage
* then these will be removed to access the BoundedCollection.
*
* @param coll the collection to check
* @return true if the BoundedCollection is full
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection is null
*/
public static boolean isFull(final Collection extends Object> coll) {
if (coll == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The collection must not be null");
}
if (coll instanceof BoundedCollection) {
return ((BoundedCollection>) coll).isFull();
}
try {
final BoundedCollection> bcoll =
UnmodifiableBoundedCollection.unmodifiableBoundedCollection(coll);
return bcoll.isFull();
} catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
return false;
}
}
/**
* Get the maximum number of elements that the Collection can contain.
*
* This method uses the {@link BoundedCollection} interface to determine the
* maximum size. If the collection does not implement this interface then
* -1 is returned.
*
* The collection does not have to implement this interface directly.
* If the collection has been decorated using the decorators subpackage
* then these will be removed to access the BoundedCollection.
*
* @param coll the collection to check
* @return the maximum size of the BoundedCollection, -1 if no maximum size
* @throws NullPointerException if the collection is null
*/
public static int maxSize(final Collection extends Object> coll) {
if (coll == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The collection must not be null");
}
if (coll instanceof BoundedCollection) {
return ((BoundedCollection>) coll).maxSize();
}
try {
final BoundedCollection> bcoll =
UnmodifiableBoundedCollection.unmodifiableBoundedCollection(coll);
return bcoll.maxSize();
} catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
return -1;
}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Merges two sorted Collections, a and b, into a single, sorted List
* such that the natural ordering of the elements is retained.
*
* Uses the standard O(n) merge algorithm for combining two sorted lists.
*
* @param the element type
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @return a new sorted List, containing the elements of Collection a and b
* @throws NullPointerException if either collection is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static > List collate(Iterable extends O> a,
Iterable extends O> b) {
return collate(a, b, ComparatorUtils.naturalComparator(), true);
}
/**
* Merges two sorted Collections, a and b, into a single, sorted List
* such that the natural ordering of the elements is retained.
*
* Uses the standard O(n) merge algorithm for combining two sorted lists.
*
* @param the element type
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param includeDuplicates if {@code true} duplicate elements will be retained, otherwise
* they will be removed in the output collection
* @return a new sorted List, containing the elements of Collection a and b
* @throws NullPointerException if either collection is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static > List collate(final Iterable extends O> a,
final Iterable extends O> b,
final boolean includeDuplicates) {
return collate(a, b, ComparatorUtils.naturalComparator(), includeDuplicates);
}
/**
* Merges two sorted Collections, a and b, into a single, sorted List
* such that the ordering of the elements according to Comparator c is retained.
*
* Uses the standard O(n) merge algorithm for combining two sorted lists.
*
* @param the element type
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param c the comparator to use for the merge.
* @return a new sorted List, containing the elements of Collection a and b
* @throws NullPointerException if either collection or the comparator is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static List collate(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b,
final Comparator super O> c) {
return collate(a, b, c, true);
}
/**
* Merges two sorted Collections, a and b, into a single, sorted List
* such that the ordering of the elements according to Comparator c is retained.
*
* Uses the standard O(n) merge algorithm for combining two sorted lists.
*
* @param the element type
* @param a the first collection, must not be null
* @param b the second collection, must not be null
* @param c the comparator to use for the merge.
* @param includeDuplicates if {@code true} duplicate elements will be retained, otherwise
* they will be removed in the output collection
* @return a new sorted List, containing the elements of Collection a and b
* @throws NullPointerException if either collection or the comparator is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static List collate(final Iterable extends O> a, final Iterable extends O> b,
final Comparator super O> c, final boolean includeDuplicates) {
if (a == null || b == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The collections must not be null");
}
if (c == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The comparator must not be null");
}
// if both Iterables are a Collection, we can estimate the size
final int totalSize = a instanceof Collection> && b instanceof Collection> ?
Math.max(1, ((Collection>) a).size() + ((Collection>) b).size()) : 10;
final Iterator iterator = new CollatingIterator(c, a.iterator(), b.iterator());
if (includeDuplicates) {
return IteratorUtils.toList(iterator, totalSize);
} else {
final ArrayList mergedList = new ArrayList(totalSize);
O lastItem = null;
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
final O item = iterator.next();
if (lastItem == null || !lastItem.equals(item)) {
mergedList.add(item);
}
lastItem = item;
}
mergedList.trimToSize();
return mergedList;
}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns a {@link Collection} of all the permutations of the input collection.
*
* NOTE: the number of permutations of a given collection is equal to n!, where
* n is the size of the collection. Thus, the resulting collection will become
* very large for collections > 10 (e.g. 10! = 3628800, 15! = 1307674368000).
*
* For larger collections it is advised to use a {@link PermutationIterator} to
* iterate over all permutations.
*
* @see PermutationIterator
*
* @param the element type
* @param collection the collection to create permutations for, may not be null
* @return an unordered collection of all permutations of the input collection
* @throws NullPointerException if collection is null
* @since 4.0
*/
public static Collection> permutations(final Collection collection) {
final PermutationIterator it = new PermutationIterator(collection);
final Collection> result = new LinkedList>();
while (it.hasNext()) {
result.add(it.next());
}
return result;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns a collection containing all the elements in collection
* that are also in retain
. The cardinality of an element e
* in the returned collection is the same as the cardinality of e
* in collection
unless retain
does not contain e
, in which
* case the cardinality is zero. This method is useful if you do not wish to modify
* the collection c
and thus cannot call c.retainAll(retain);
.
*
* This implementation iterates over collection
, checking each element in
* turn to see if it's contained in retain
. If it's contained, it's added
* to the returned list. As a consequence, it is advised to use a collection type for
* retain
that provides a fast (e.g. O(1)) implementation of
* {@link Collection#contains(Object)}.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection whose contents are the target of the #retailAll operation
* @param retain the collection containing the elements to be retained in the returned collection
* @return a Collection
containing all the elements of collection
* that occur at least once in retain
.
* @throws NullPointerException if either parameter is null
* @since 3.2
*/
public static Collection retainAll(final Collection collection, final Collection> retain) {
return ListUtils.retainAll(collection, retain);
}
/**
* Returns a collection containing all the elements in
* collection
that are also in retain
. The
* cardinality of an element e
in the returned collection is
* the same as the cardinality of e
in collection
* unless retain
does not contain e
, in which case
* the cardinality is zero. This method is useful if you do not wish to
* modify the collection c
and thus cannot call
* c.retainAll(retain);
.
*
* Moreover this method uses an {@link Equator} instead of
* {@link Object#equals(Object)} to determine the equality of the elements
* in collection
and retain
. Hence this method is
* useful in cases where the equals behavior of an object needs to be
* modified without changing the object itself.
*
* @param the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
* @param collection the collection whose contents are the target of the {@code retainAll} operation
* @param retain the collection containing the elements to be retained in the returned collection
* @param equator the Equator used for testing equality
* @return a Collection
containing all the elements of collection
* that occur at least once in retain
according to the equator
* @throws NullPointerException if any of the parameters is null
* @since 4.1
*/
public static Collection