Module com.aoapps.collections

Package com.aoapps.collections

Class MinimalList

java.lang.Object

com.aoapps.collections.MinimalList

public class MinimalList
extends Object

MinimalList provides a set of static methods to dynamically choose the most efficient List implementation. The implementation of List is changed as needed. MinimalList is most suited for building list-based data structures that use less heap space than a pure ArrayList-based solution.

size=0: Collections.emptyList()
size=1: Collections.singletonList(java.lang.Object)
size=2: ArrayList

Author:

AO Industries, Inc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <E> List<E>	add(List<E> list, E elem)	Adds a new element to a list, returning the (possibly new) list.
static <E> List<E>	copy(List<E> list)	Performs a shallow copy of a list.
static <E> List<E>	emptyList()	Gets the empty list representation.
static <E> E	get(List<E> list, int index)	Deprecated. Since empty lists are no longer represented by null, invoke List.get(int) directly now.
static <E> List<E>	unmodifiable(List<E> list)	Gets an unmodifiable wrapper around this list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

emptyList

public static <E> List<E> emptyList()

Gets the empty list representation.

add

public static <E> List<E> add(List<E> list,
                              E elem)

Adds a new element to a list, returning the (possibly new) list.

get

@Deprecated
public static <E> E get(List<E> list,
                        int index)
                 throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Deprecated.

Since empty lists are no longer represented by null, invoke List.get(int) directly now.

Gets an element from a list.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException

copy

public static <E> List<E> copy(List<E> list)

Performs a shallow copy of a list. The list is assumed to have been created by MinimalList and to be used through MinimalList.

unmodifiable

public static <E> List<E> unmodifiable(List<E> list)

Gets an unmodifiable wrapper around this list. May or may not wrap this list itself.