com.cedarsoftware.util

Class ArrayUtilities

java.lang.Object

com.cedarsoftware.util.ArrayUtilities

public final class ArrayUtilities
extends Object

Handy utilities for working with Java arrays.

Author:

Ken Partlow, John DeRegnaucourt ([email protected])
Copyright (c) Cedar Software LLC

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

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Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Class[]	EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY
static Object[]	EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY Immutable common arrays.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> T[]	addAll(T[] array1, T[] array2) Adds all the elements of the given arrays into a new array.
static <T> T[]	getArraySubset(T[] array, int start, int end)
static boolean	isEmpty(Object array) This is a null-safe isEmpty check.
static <T> T[]	removeItem(T[] array, int pos)
static <T> T[]	shallowCopy(T[] array) Shallow copies an array of Objects
static int	size(Object array) This is a null-safe size check.
static <T> T[]	toArray(Class<T> classToCastTo, Collection c) Convert Collection to a Java (typed) array [].

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY

public static final Object[] EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY

Immutable common arrays.

EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY

public static final Class[] EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY

Method Detail

isEmpty

public static boolean isEmpty(Object array)

This is a null-safe isEmpty check. It uses the Array static class for doing a length check. This check is actually .0001 ms slower than the following typed check:

return array == null || array.length == 0;

but gives you more flexibility, since it checks for all array types.

Parameters:

array - array to check

Returns:

true if empty or null

size

public static int size(Object array)

This is a null-safe size check. It uses the Array static class for doing a length check. This check is actually .0001 ms slower than the following typed check:

return (array == null) ? 0 : array.length;

Parameters:

array - array to check

Returns:

true if empty or null

shallowCopy

public static <T> T[] shallowCopy(T[] array)

Shallow copies an array of Objects

The objects in the array are not cloned, thus there is no special handling for multi-dimensional arrays.

This method returns null if null array input.

Type Parameters:

T - the array type

Parameters:

array - the array to shallow clone, may be null

Returns:

the cloned array, null if null input

addAll

public static <T> T[] addAll(T[] array1,
                             T[] array2)

Adds all the elements of the given arrays into a new array.

The new array contains all of the element of array1 followed by all of the elements array2. When an array is returned, it is always a new array.

 ArrayUtilities.addAll(null, null)     = null
 ArrayUtilities.addAll(array1, null)   = cloned copy of array1
 ArrayUtilities.addAll(null, array2)   = cloned copy of array2
 ArrayUtilities.addAll([], [])         = []
 ArrayUtilities.addAll([null], [null]) = [null, null]
 ArrayUtilities.addAll(["a", "b", "c"], ["1", "2", "3"]) = ["a", "b", "c", "1", "2", "3"]
 

Type Parameters:

T - the array type

Parameters:

array1 - the first array whose elements are added to the new array, may be null

array2 - the second array whose elements are added to the new array, may be null

Returns:

The new array, null if null array inputs. The type of the new array is the type of the first array.

removeItem

public static <T> T[] removeItem(T[] array,
                                 int pos)

getArraySubset

public static <T> T[] getArraySubset(T[] array,
                                     int start,
                                     int end)

toArray

public static <T> T[] toArray(Class<T> classToCastTo,
                              Collection c)

Convert Collection to a Java (typed) array [].

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the array

Parameters:

classToCastTo - array type (Object[], Person[], etc.)

c - Collection containing items to be placed into the array.

Returns:

Array of the type (T) containing the items from collection 'c'.