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     93 Class Collections2</H2>
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     95 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">java.lang.Object</A>
     96   <IMG SRC="../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>com.google.common.collect.Collections2</B>
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    100 <DT><PRE>public final class <B>Collections2</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
    101 </PRE>
    102 
    103 <P>
    104 Provides static methods for working with <code>Collection</code> instances.
    105 <P>
    106 
    107 <P>
    108 <DL>
    109 <DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
    110   <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD>
    111 <DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
    112   <DD>Chris Povirk, Mike Bostock, Jared Levy</DD>
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    124 <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH>
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    128 <CODE>static
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    131 <TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1">
    132 <CODE>&lt;E&gt; <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;E&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
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    135 </CODE></FONT></TD>
    136 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Collections2.html#filter(java.util.Collection, com.google.common.base.Predicate)">filter</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;E&gt;&nbsp;unfiltered,
    137        <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Predicate</A>&lt;? super E&gt;&nbsp;predicate)</CODE>
    138 
    139 <BR>
    140 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the elements of <code>unfiltered</code> that satisfy a predicate.</TD>
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    144 <CODE>static
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    147 <TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1">
    148 <CODE>&lt;F,T&gt; <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;T&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
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    151 </CODE></FONT></TD>
    152 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Collections2.html#transform(java.util.Collection, com.google.common.base.Function)">transform</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;F&gt;&nbsp;fromCollection,
    153           <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Function</A>&lt;? super F,T&gt;&nbsp;function)</CODE>
    154 
    155 <BR>
    156 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a collection that applies <code>function</code> to each element of
    157  <code>fromCollection</code>.</TD>
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    182 <A NAME="filter(java.util.Collection, com.google.common.base.Predicate)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    183 filter</H3>
    184 <PRE>
    185 public static &lt;E&gt; <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;E&gt; <B>filter</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;E&gt;&nbsp;unfiltered,
    186                                        <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Predicate</A>&lt;? super E&gt;&nbsp;predicate)</PRE>
    187 <DL>
    188 <DD>Returns the elements of <code>unfiltered</code> that satisfy a predicate. The
    189  returned collection is a live view of <code>unfiltered</code>; changes to one
    190  affect the other.
    191 
    192  <p>The resulting collection's iterator does not support <code>remove()</code>,
    193  but all other collection methods are supported. The collection's
    194  <code>add()</code> and <code>addAll()</code> methods throw an
    195  <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>IllegalArgumentException</CODE></A> if an element that doesn't satisfy the
    196  predicate is provided. When methods such as <code>removeAll()</code> and
    197  <code>clear()</code> are called on the filtered collection, only elements that
    198  satisfy the filter will be removed from the underlying collection.
    199 
    200  <p>The returned collection isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if
    201  <code>unfiltered</code> is.
    202 
    203  <p>Many of the filtered collection's methods, such as <code>size()</code>,
    204  iterate across every element in the underlying collection and determine
    205  which elements satisfy the filter. When a live view is <i>not</i> needed,
    206  it may be faster to copy <code>Iterables.filter(unfiltered, predicate)</code>
    207  and use the copy.
    208 <P>
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    210 </DL>
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    215 <A NAME="transform(java.util.Collection, com.google.common.base.Function)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    216 transform</H3>
    217 <PRE>
    218 public static &lt;F,T&gt; <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;T&gt; <B>transform</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;F&gt;&nbsp;fromCollection,
    219                                             <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="interface in com.google.common.base">Function</A>&lt;? super F,T&gt;&nbsp;function)</PRE>
    220 <DL>
    221 <DD>Returns a collection that applies <code>function</code> to each element of
    222  <code>fromCollection</code>. The returned collection is a live view of <code>fromCollection</code>; changes to one affect the other.
    223 
    224  <p>The returned collection's <code>add()</code> and <code>addAll()</code> methods
    225  throw an <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>UnsupportedOperationException</CODE></A>. All other collection
    226  methods are supported, as long as <code>fromCollection</code> supports them.
    227 
    228  <p>The returned collection isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if
    229  <code>fromCollection</code> is.
    230 
    231  <p>When a live view is <i>not</i> needed, it may be faster to copy the
    232  transformed collection and use the copy.
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