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/*
 *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 *  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
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package org.apache.commons.collections.collection;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/**
 * Decorates another <code>Collection</code> to transform objects that are added.
 * <p>
 * The add methods are affected by this class.
 * Thus objects must be removed or searched for using their transformed form.
 * For example, if the transformation converts Strings to Integers, you must
 * use the Integer form to remove objects.
 * <p>
 * This class is Serializable from Commons Collections 3.1.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/06/03 22:02:13 $
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public class TransformedCollection extends AbstractSerializableCollectionDecorator {

    /** Serialization version */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8692300188161871514L;

    /** The transformer to use */
    protected final Transformer transformer;

    /**
     * Factory method to create a transforming collection.
     * <p>
     * If there are any elements already in the collection being decorated, they
     * are NOT transformed.
     * 
     * @param coll  the collection to decorate, must not be null
     * @param transformer  the transformer to use for conversion, must not be null
     * @return a new transformed collection
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if collection or transformer is null
     */
    public static Collection decorate(Collection coll, Transformer transformer) {
        return new TransformedCollection(coll, transformer);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     * <p>
     * If there are any elements already in the collection being decorated, they
     * are NOT transformed.
     * 
     * @param coll  the collection to decorate, must not be null
     * @param transformer  the transformer to use for conversion, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if collection or transformer is null
     */
    protected TransformedCollection(Collection coll, Transformer transformer) {
        super(coll);
        if (transformer == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Transformer must not be null");
        }
        this.transformer = transformer;
    }

    /**
     * Transforms an object.
     * <p>
     * The transformer itself may throw an exception if necessary.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to transform
     * @return a transformed object
     */
    protected Object transform(Object object) {
        return transformer.transform(object);
    }

    /**
     * Transforms a collection.
     * <p>
     * The transformer itself may throw an exception if necessary.
     * 
     * @param coll  the collection to transform
     * @return a transformed object
     */
    protected Collection transform(Collection coll) {
        List list = new ArrayList(coll.size());
        for (Iterator it = coll.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            list.add(transform(it.next()));
        }
        return list;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    public boolean add(Object object) {
        object = transform(object);
        return getCollection().add(object);
    }

    public boolean addAll(Collection coll) {
        coll = transform(coll);
        return getCollection().addAll(coll);
    }

}