CollectionUtils.java

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package grails.util;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * Collection utility methods.
 *
 * @author Burt Beckwith
 */
public class CollectionUtils {

    private CollectionUtils() {
        // static only
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
    public static <K, V> Map newMap(Object... keysAndValues) {
        if (keysAndValues == null) {
            return Collections.emptyMap();
        }
        if (keysAndValues.length % 2 == 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must have an even number of keys and values");
        }

        Map<K, V> map = new HashMap<K, V>();
        for (int i = 0; i < keysAndValues.length; i += 2) {
            map.put((K)keysAndValues[i], (V)keysAndValues[i + 1]);
        }
        return map;
    }

    public static <T> Set<T> newSet(T... values) {
        if (values == null) {
            return Collections.emptySet();
        }

        return new HashSet<T>(Arrays.asList(values));
    }

    public static <T> List<T> newList(T... values) {
        if (values == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return new ArrayList<T>(Arrays.asList(values));
    }

    /**
     * Gets a child map of the given parent map or returns an empty map if it doesn't exist
     *
     * @param parent The parent map
     * @param key The key that holds the child map
     * @return The child map
     */
    public static Map getOrCreateChildMap(Map parent, String key) {
        Object o = parent.get(key);
        if(o instanceof Map) {
            return (Map)o;
        }
        return new LinkedHashMap();
    }
}