Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.Collection; public class Main { /** * Copy the source collection into the destination one filtering source elements by the given type. * * @param source * the source collection * @param destination * the destination collection * @param clazz * the filtering type */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T, E extends T> void filterCollectionByType(Collection<T> source, Collection<E> destination, Class<E> clazz) { for (T element : source) { if (clazz.isInstance(element)) { destination.add((E) element); } } } }