View Javadoc

1   package org.apache.torque.util;
2   
3   /*
4    * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
5    * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
6    * distributed with this work for additional information
7    * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
8    * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
9    * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
10   * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
11   *
12   *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
13   *
14   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
15   * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
16   * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
17   * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
18   * specific language governing permissions and limitations
19   * under the License.
20   */
21  
22  import java.util.ArrayList;
23  
24  /***
25   * List with unique entries. UniqueList does not allow null nor duplicates.
26   *
27   * @author <a href="mailto:mpoeschl@marmot.at">Martin Poeschl</a>
28   * @version $Id: UniqueList.java 473821 2006-11-11 22:37:25Z tv $
29   */
30  public class UniqueList extends ArrayList
31  {
32      /***
33       * Serial version
34       */
35      private static final long serialVersionUID = 4467847559423445120L;
36  
37      /***
38       * Constructs an empty UniqueList.
39       */
40      public UniqueList()
41      {
42      }
43  
44      /***
45       * Copy-constructor. Creates a shallow copy of an UniqueList.
46       * @param list the uniqueList to copy
47       */
48      public UniqueList(UniqueList list)
49      {
50          this.addAll(list);
51      }
52  
53      /***
54       * Adds an Object to the list.
55       *
56       * @param o the Object to add
57       * @return true if the Object is added
58       */
59      public boolean add(Object o)
60      {
61          if (o != null && !contains(o))
62          {
63              return super.add(o);
64          }
65          return false;
66      }
67  }