com.google.common.collect
Class ForwardingCollection<E>

java.lang.Object
  com.google.common.collect.ForwardingObject
      com.google.common.collect.ForwardingCollection<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<E>, Collection<E>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ForwardingList, ForwardingMultiset, ForwardingQueue, ForwardingSet

public abstract class ForwardingCollection<E>
extends ForwardingObject
implements Collection<E>

A collection which forwards all its method calls to another collection. Subclasses should override one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing collection as desired per the decorator pattern.

Since:

2 (imported from Google Collections Library)

Author:

Kevin Bourrillion

ForwardingCollection

protected ForwardingCollection()

Constructor for use by subclasses.

delegate

protected abstract Collection<E> delegate()

Description copied from class: ForwardingObject

Returns the backing delegate instance that methods are forwarded to. Abstract subclasses generally override this method with an abstract method that has a more specific return type, such as ForwardingSet.delegate(). Concrete subclasses override this method to supply the instance being decorated.

Specified by:

delegate in class ForwardingObject

iterator

public Iterator<E> iterator()

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns an iterator over the elements in this collection. There are no guarantees concerning the order in which the elements are returned (unless this collection is an instance of some class that provides a guarantee).

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<E>

Specified by:

iterator in interface Collection<E>

Returns:

an Iterator over the elements in this collection

size

public int size()

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns the number of elements in this collection. If this collection contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.

Specified by:

size in interface Collection<E>

Returns:

the number of elements in this collection

removeAll

public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> collection)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Removes all of this collection's elements that are also contained in the specified collection (optional operation). After this call returns, this collection will contain no elements in common with the specified collection.

Specified by:

removeAll in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

collection - collection containing elements to be removed from this collection

Returns:

true if this collection changed as a result of the call

See Also:

Collection.remove(Object), Collection.contains(Object)

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns true if this collection contains no elements.

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Collection<E>

Returns:

true if this collection contains no elements

contains

public boolean contains(Object object)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns true if this collection contains the specified element. More formally, returns true if and only if this collection contains at least one element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)).

Specified by:

contains in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

object - element whose presence in this collection is to be tested

Returns:

true if this collection contains the specified element

toArray

public Object[] toArray()

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection. If this collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.

The returned array will be "safe" in that no references to it are maintained by this collection. (In other words, this method must allocate a new array even if this collection is backed by an array). The caller is thus free to modify the returned array.

This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs.

Specified by:

toArray in interface Collection<E>

Returns:

an array containing all of the elements in this collection

toArray

public <T> T[] toArray(T[] array)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this collection; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the collection fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this collection.

If this collection fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than this collection), the element in the array immediately following the end of the collection is set to null. (This is useful in determining the length of this collection only if the caller knows that this collection does not contain any null elements.)

If this collection makes any guarantees as to what order its elements are returned by its iterator, this method must return the elements in the same order.

Like the Collection.toArray() method, this method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs. Further, this method allows precise control over the runtime type of the output array, and may, under certain circumstances, be used to save allocation costs.

Suppose x is a collection known to contain only strings. The following code can be used to dump the collection into a newly allocated array of String:

     String[] y = x.toArray(new String[0]);

Note that toArray(new Object[0]) is identical in function to toArray().

Specified by:

toArray in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

array - the array into which the elements of this collection are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose.

Returns:

an array containing all of the elements in this collection

add

public boolean add(E element)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Ensures that this collection contains the specified element (optional operation). Returns true if this collection changed as a result of the call. (Returns false if this collection does not permit duplicates and already contains the specified element.)

Collections that support this operation may place limitations on what elements may be added to this collection. In particular, some collections will refuse to add null elements, and others will impose restrictions on the type of elements that may be added. Collection classes should clearly specify in their documentation any restrictions on what elements may be added.

If a collection refuses to add a particular element for any reason other than that it already contains the element, it must throw an exception (rather than returning false). This preserves the invariant that a collection always contains the specified element after this call returns.

Specified by:

add in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

element - element whose presence in this collection is to be ensured

Returns:

true if this collection changed as a result of the call

remove

public boolean remove(Object object)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Removes a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present (optional operation). More formally, removes an element e such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)), if this collection contains one or more such elements. Returns true if this collection contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this collection changed as a result of the call).

Specified by:

remove in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

object - element to be removed from this collection, if present

Returns:

true if an element was removed as a result of this call

containsAll

public boolean containsAll(Collection<?> collection)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Returns true if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection.

Specified by:

containsAll in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

collection - collection to be checked for containment in this collection

Returns:

true if this collection contains all of the elements in the specified collection

See Also:

Collection.contains(Object)

addAll

public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> collection)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this collection (optional operation). The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress. (This implies that the behavior of this call is undefined if the specified collection is this collection, and this collection is nonempty.)

Specified by:

addAll in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

collection - collection containing elements to be added to this collection

Returns:

true if this collection changed as a result of the call

See Also:

Collection.add(Object)

retainAll

public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> collection)

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Retains only the elements in this collection that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). In other words, removes from this collection all of its elements that are not contained in the specified collection.

Specified by:

retainAll in interface Collection<E>

Parameters:

collection - collection containing elements to be retained in this collection

Returns:

true if this collection changed as a result of the call

See Also:

Collection.remove(Object), Collection.contains(Object)

clear

public void clear()

Description copied from interface: java.util.Collection

Removes all of the elements from this collection (optional operation). The collection will be empty after this method returns.

Specified by:

clear in interface Collection<E>