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/*
 * Copyright 2015 The University of Vermont and State
 * Agricultural College, Vermont Oxford Network, and The University
 * of Vermont Medical Center.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Written by Matthew B. Storer 
 *
 * This file is part of Arden Model.
 *
 * Arden Model is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Arden Model is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Arden Model.  If not, see .
 */

package edu.uvm.ccts.arden.util;

import edu.uvm.ccts.arden.model.AString;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by mstorer on 8/20/13.
 */
public class StringUtil {
    /**
     * @deprecated use {@link edu.uvm.ccts.arden.model.AList#minimum} instead
     * @param list
     * @return
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static AString min(List list) {
        if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) return null;

        AString min = null;
        for (AString s : list) {
            if (min == null)                min = s;
            else if (s.compareTo(min) < 0)  min = s;
        }

        return min;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated use {@link edu.uvm.ccts.arden.model.AList#maximum} instead
     * @param list
     * @return
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static AString max(List list) {
        if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) return null;

        AString max = null;
        for (AString s : list) {
            if (max == null)                max = s;
            else if (s.compareTo(max) > 0)  max = s;
        }

        return max;
    }
}