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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;




public class Utils {

  public static <T> Collection<T> diff(Collection<T> c1, Collection<T> c2) {
    if (c1 == null || c1.size() == 0 || c2 == null || c2.size() == 0) {
        return c1;
    }
    Collection<T> difference = new ArrayList<T>();
    for (T item : c1) {
        if (!c2.contains(item)) {
            difference.add(item);
        }
    }
    return difference;
}


}