Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given predicate into an output collection. - Android java.util

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Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given predicate into an output collection.

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.function.Predicate;

public class Main {
  /**
   * Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given
   * predicate into an output collection.
   * <p>
   * If the input predicate is <code>null</code>, the result is an empty list.
   * 
   * @param inputCollection
   *          the collection to get the input from, may not be null
   * @param predicate
   *          the predicate to use, may be null
   * @return the elements <b>not</b> matching the predicate (new list)
   * @throws NullPointerException
   *           if the input collection is null
   */
  public static <E> Collection<E> selectRejected(Collection<E> inputCollection, Predicate<E> predicate) {
    ArrayList<E> answer = new ArrayList<E>(inputCollection.size());
    selectRejected(inputCollection, predicate, answer);
    return answer;
  }

  /**
   * Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given
   * predicate and adds them to outputCollection.
   * <p>
   * If the input predicate is <code>null</code>, no elements are added to
   * <code>outputCollection</code>.
   * 
   * @param inputCollection
   *          the collection to get the input from, may be null
   * @param predicate
   *          the predicate to use, may be null
   * @param outputCollection
   *          the collection to output into, may not be null
   */
  public static <E> void selectRejected(Collection<E> inputCollection, Predicate<E> predicate,
      Collection<E> outputCollection) {
    if (inputCollection != null && predicate != null) {
      for (Iterator<E> iter = inputCollection.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
        E item = iter.next();
        if (predicate.test(item) == false) {
          outputCollection.add(item);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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