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/*
 * LensKit, an open source recommender systems toolkit.
 * Copyright 2010-2014 LensKit Contributors.  See CONTRIBUTORS.md.
 * Work on LensKit has been funded by the National Science Foundation under
 * grants IIS 05-34939, 08-08692, 08-12148, and 10-17697.
 *
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package org.grouplens.lenskit.util.table.writer;

import javax.annotation.WillNotClose;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Utility methods for table writers.
 *
 * @author GroupLens Research
 * @since 0.8
 */
public final class TableWriters {
    /**
     * Create a table writer that writes data with common leading columns to an
     * underlying table writer.  The underlying writer will not be closed when the prefixed writer
     * is closed.
     *
     * @param base   The base table writer for output.
     * @param prefix The values of the leading columns in this table writer.
     * @return A table writer with
     *         {@code base.getColumnCount() - prefix.size()} columns. Each
     *         row is prefixed with the values in {@var prefix}.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static TableWriter prefixed(@WillNotClose TableWriter base, List prefix) {
        return new PrefixedTableWriter(base, prefix);
    }

    /**
     * Create a table writer that writes data with common leading columns to an
     * underlying table writer.
     *
     * @param base   The base table writer for output.
     * @param prefix The values of the leading columns in this table writer.
     * @return A table writer with
     *         {@code base.getColumnCount() - prefix.length} columns. Each
     *         row is prefixed with the values in {@var prefix}.
     * @since 0.8
     */
    public static TableWriter prefixed(@WillNotClose TableWriter base, Object... prefix) {
        return prefixed(base, Arrays.asList(prefix));
    }
}