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 * The MIT License
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 * Copyright (C) 2015 Asterios Raptis
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package io.github.astrapi69.collections.modifications;

import java.util.Collection;

import io.github.astrapi69.collections.list.ListFactory;

/**
 * The class ModifiedLists holds two collections. It is used as return type for finding from an old
 * list which elements have removed and which have added.
 *
 * @param 
 *            the generic type of the collections
 */
public class ModifiedCollections
{

	/** The added elements. */
	private final Collection addedElements = ListFactory.newArrayList();

	/** The removed elements. */
	private final Collection removedElements = ListFactory.newArrayList();

	public ModifiedCollections()
	{
	}

	public Collection getAddedElements()
	{
		return this.addedElements;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the modified lists.
	 *
	 * @param previous
	 *            the previous
	 * @param next
	 *            the next
	 * @return the modified lists
	 */
	public ModifiedCollections getModifiedLists(final Collection previous,
		final Collection next)
	{
		// find the elements that are new...
		for (final T added : next)
		{
			// elements from the previous list that are not exist in the next
			// list are new,
			// so added to the addedElements list...
			if (!previous.contains(added))
			{
				getAddedElements().add(added);
			}
		}
		// find the elements that are removed...
		for (final T removed : previous)
		{
			// elements from the next list that are not exist in the previous
			// list are removed,
			// so added to the removedElements list...
			if (!next.contains(removed))
			{
				getRemovedElements().add(removed);
			}
		}
		return this;
	}

	public Collection getRemovedElements()
	{
		return this.removedElements;
	}
}