com.phoenixst.collections

Class CompositeCollection

java.lang.Object

java.util.AbstractCollection

com.phoenixst.collections.CompositeCollection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Iterable, Collection

public class CompositeCollection
extends AbstractCollection
implements Serializable

A Collection view of a number of other Collections. New elements are added to the last Collection and elements are removed from the first Collection in which they are found.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Author:

Ray A. Conner

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompositeCollection(Collection collections) Creates a new CompositeCollection.
CompositeCollection(Collection[] collections) Creates a new CompositeCollection.
CompositeCollection(Collection first, Collection second) Creates a new CompositeCollection.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(Object object)
boolean	addAll(Collection collection)
void	clear()
boolean	contains(Object object)
List	getOperands() Returns an unmodifiable List of the argument Collections being used by this CollectionChain.
boolean	isEmpty()
Iterator	iterator()
boolean	remove(Object object)
boolean	removeAll(Collection collection)
boolean	retainAll(Collection collection)
int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractCollection

containsAll, toArray, toArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

CompositeCollection

public CompositeCollection(Collection[] collections)

Creates a new CompositeCollection.

CompositeCollection

public CompositeCollection(Collection collections)

Creates a new CompositeCollection.

CompositeCollection

public CompositeCollection(Collection first,
                   Collection second)

Creates a new CompositeCollection.

Method Detail

size

public int size()

Specified by:

size in interface Collection

Specified by:

size in class AbstractCollection

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Collection

Overrides:

isEmpty in class AbstractCollection

add

public boolean add(Object object)

Specified by:

add in interface Collection

Overrides:

add in class AbstractCollection

remove

public boolean remove(Object object)

Specified by:

remove in interface Collection

Overrides:

remove in class AbstractCollection

contains

public boolean contains(Object object)

Specified by:

contains in interface Collection

Overrides:

contains in class AbstractCollection

iterator

public Iterator iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable

Specified by:

iterator in interface Collection

Specified by:

iterator in class AbstractCollection

addAll

public boolean addAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

addAll in interface Collection

Overrides:

addAll in class AbstractCollection

removeAll

public boolean removeAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

removeAll in interface Collection

Overrides:

removeAll in class AbstractCollection

retainAll

public boolean retainAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

retainAll in interface Collection

Overrides:

retainAll in class AbstractCollection

clear

public void clear()

Specified by:

clear in interface Collection

Overrides:

clear in class AbstractCollection

getOperands

public List getOperands()

Returns an unmodifiable List of the argument Collections being used by this CollectionChain.