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/**
 * The utillib library.
 * More information is available at http://www.jinchess.com/.
 * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Alexander Maryanovsky.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * The utillib library is free software; you can redistribute
 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The utillib library is distributed in the hope that it will
 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with utillib library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
 */

import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * A collection of general utility methods.
 */

public class Utilities {

    /**
     * A 0-length Object array.
     */

    public static final Object[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Object[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length long array.
     */

    public static final long[] EMPTY_LONG_ARRAY = new long[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length int array.
     */

    public static final int[] EMPTY_INT_ARRAY = new int[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length short array.
     */

    public static final short[] EMPTY_SHORT_ARRAY = new short[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length byte array.
     */

    public static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length char array.
     */

    public static final char[] EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY = new char[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length double array.
     */

    public static final double[] EMPTY_DOUBLE_ARRAY = new double[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length float array.
     */

    public static final float[] EMPTY_FLOAT_ARRAY = new float[0];

    /**
     * A 0-length String array.
     */

    public static final String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY = new String[0];

    /**
     * An empty enumeration.
     */

    public static final Enumeration EMPTY_ENUM = new Enumeration() {
        public boolean hasMoreElements() {
            return false;
        }

        public Object nextElement() {
            throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }
    };

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the two specified objects are the same.
     * Returns <code>false</code> otherwise. To be considered the same, the two
     * references must either both be null or invoking <code>equals</code> on one
     * of them with the other must return <code>true</code>.
     */

    public static boolean areEqual(Object obj1, Object obj2) {
        return (obj1 == obj2) || (obj1 == null ? false : obj1.equals(obj2));
    }

    /**
     * Maps the specified key to the specified value in the specified
     * <code>Hashtable</code>. If the specified value is <code>null</code> any
     * existing mapping of the specified key is removed from the
     * <code>Hashtable</code>. The old value mapped to the specified key
     * is returned, or <code>null</code> if no value was mapped to the key.
     */

    public static Object put(Hashtable table, Object key, Object value) {
        return value == null ? table.remove(key) : table.put(key, value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the specified object is an element of the
     * specified array. The specified array may not be <code>null</code>. The
     * specified object may be <code>null</code>, in which case this method will
     * return <code>true</code> iff one of the indices in the array is empty 
     * (contains <code>null</code>).
     */

    public static boolean contains(Object[] array, Object item) {
        return (indexOf(array, item) != -1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the index of the first occurrance of specified object in the
     * specified array, or -1 if the specified object is not an element of the
     * specified array. The specified object may be <code>null</code> in which
     * case the returned index will be the index of the first <code>null</code>
     * in the array.
     */

    public static int indexOf(Object[] array, Object item) {
        if (array == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified array may not be null");

        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
            if (areEqual(item, array[i]))
                return i;

        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the index of the first occurrance of specified integer in the
     * specified array, or -1 if the specified integer is not an element of the
     * specified array.
     */

    public static int indexOf(int[] arr, int val) {
        if (arr == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified array may not be null");

        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
            if (arr[i] == val)
                return i;

        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the specified array into a string by appending all its elements
     * separated by a semicolon.
     */

    public static String arrayToString(Object[] arr) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            buf.append(arr[i]);
            buf.append("; ");
        }
        if (arr.length > 0)
            buf.setLength(buf.length() - 2); // get rid of the extra "; "

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Converts the specified <code>Hashtable</code> into a string by putting
     * each key and value on a separate line (separated by '\n') and an arrow
     * (" -> ") between them.
     */

    public static String hashtableToString(Hashtable hashtable) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        Enumeration keys = hashtable.keys();
        while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
            Object key = keys.nextElement();
            Object value = hashtable.get(key);
            buf.append(key.toString());
            buf.append(" -> ");
            buf.append(value.toString());
            buf.append("\n");
        }

        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the maximum element in the specified integer array.
     */

    public static int max(int[] arr) {
        if (arr == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified array may not be null");
        if (arr.length == 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified array must have at least one element");

        int n = arr[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++)
            if (arr[i] > n)
                n = arr[i];

        return n;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hash code for the specified double value.
     */

    public static int hashCode(double val) {
        return hashCode(Double.doubleToLongBits(val));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hash code for the specified long value.
     */

    public static int hashCode(long val) {
        return (int) (val ^ (val >>> 32));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the package of the specified class.
     */

    public static String getPackageName(Class c) {
        return getPackageName(c.getName());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the package of the class with the specified (full) name.
     */

    public static String getPackageName(String className) {
        int lastDotIndex = className.lastIndexOf(".");
        return lastDotIndex == -1 ? "" : className.substring(0, lastDotIndex);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the short name (excluding the package name) of the specified class. 
     */

    public static String getClassName(Class c) {
        return getClassName(c.getName());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the short name (excluding the package name) of the class with the
     * specified fully qualified name.
     */

    public static String getClassName(String className) {
        int lastDotIndex = className.lastIndexOf(".");
        return lastDotIndex == -1 ? className : className.substring(lastDotIndex + 1);
    }

}