Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2010-2016. Axon Framework * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Returns a list of objects of <code>expectedType</code> contained in the given <code>collection</code>. Any * objects in the collection that are not assignable to the given <code>expectedType</code> are filtered out. * <p> * The order of the items in the list is the same as the order they were provided by the collection. The given * <code>collection</code> remains unchanged by this method. * <p> * If the given collection is null, en empty list is returned. * * @param collection An iterable (e.g. Collection) containing the unfiltered items. * @param expectedType The type items in the returned List must be assignable to. * @param <T> The type items in the returned List must be assignable to. * @return a list of objects of <code>expectedType</code>. May be empty, but never <code>null</code>. */ public static <T> List<T> filterByType(Iterable<?> collection, Class<T> expectedType) { List<T> filtered = new LinkedList<>(); if (collection != null) { for (Object item : collection) { if (item != null && expectedType.isInstance(item)) { filtered.add(expectedType.cast(item)); } } } return filtered; } }