Apply a function f to all elements of collection as to produce a new collection bs. - Java java.util

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Apply a function f to all elements of collection as to produce a new collection bs.

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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.function.Function;

public class Main {
  /**
   * Apply a function <code>f</code> to all elements of collection <code>as</code>
   * to produce a new collection <code>bs</code>.
   * <p/>
   * An (empty) instance of the target collection has to be provided explicitly.
   *
   * @param as
   *          the source collection
   * @param bs
   *          the (empty) target collection
   * @param f
   *          the function to apply to each element of <code>as</code>
   */
  public static <A, B, BB extends Collection<B>> BB map(Collection<A> as, BB bs, Function<A, B> f) {
    for (A x : as) {
      bs.add(f.apply(x));
    }
    return bs;
  }

  /**
   * Apply a function <code>f</code> to all elements of collection <code>as</code>
   * to produce a new collection <code>bs</code>.
   * <p/>
   * The type of collection <code>as</code> needs a parameterless constructor.
   * <p/>
   * Please note that since java does not support higher-order polymorphism --
   * which is needed to capture the type of the collection -- some casting on the
   * client side may still be necessary.
   *
   * @throws RuntimeException
   *           if the target collection cannot be created
   */
  public static <A, B> Collection<B> map(Collection<A> as, Function<A, B> f) {
    Collection<B> b = buildFrom(as);
    for (A x : as) {
      b.add(f.apply(x));
    }
    return b;
  }

  private static <A, B> Collection<A> buildFrom(Collection<B> as) {
    try {
      return as.getClass().newInstance();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Type " + as.getClass() + " needs a parameterless constructor");
    }
  }
}

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