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//package com.java2s;
/*
 * USE - UML based specification environment
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Mark Richters, University of Bremen
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.Stack;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Computes of a given List with Lists the combinations.
     * Example: Given  { { a, b } { 1, 2, 3} { p, q} }
     * Result is: { {a,1,p} {a,1,q} {a,2,p} {a,2,q} {a,3,p}
     *              ... {b,2,q} {b,3,p} {b,3,q} }
     */
    public static <T> List<List<T>> combinations(List<List<T>> listWithLists) {
        List<List<T>> combinations = new ArrayList<List<T>>();
        Stack<T> elementStack = new Stack<T>();

        combine(elementStack, listWithLists, combinations);

        return combinations;
    }

    private static <T> void combine(Stack<T> elementStack, List<List<T>> listWithLists,
            List<List<T>> combinations) {
        if (elementStack.size() == listWithLists.size()) {
            combinations.add(new ArrayList<T>(elementStack));
        } else {
            List<T> currentList = listWithLists.get(elementStack.size());

            for (T item : currentList) {
                elementStack.push(item);
                combine(elementStack, listWithLists, combinations);
                elementStack.pop();
            }
        }
    }
}