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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.android.loaderapp.model;
     18 
     19 import java.util.ArrayList;
     20 import java.util.Iterator;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * Class used for collapsing data items into groups of similar items. The data items that should be
     24  * collapsible should implement the Collapsible interface. The class also contains a utility
     25  * function that takes an ArrayList of items and returns a list of the same items collapsed into
     26  * groups.
     27  */
     28 public final class Collapser {
     29 
     30     /*
     31      * This utility class cannot be instantiated.
     32      */
     33     private Collapser() {}
     34 
     35     /*
     36      * Interface implemented by data types that can be collapsed into groups of similar data. This
     37      * can be used for example to collapse similar contact data items into a single item.
     38      */
     39     public interface Collapsible<T> {
     40         public boolean collapseWith(T t);
     41         public boolean shouldCollapseWith(T t);
     42     }
     43 
     44     /**
     45      * Collapses a list of Collapsible items into a list of collapsed items. Items are collapsed
     46      * if {@link Collapsible#shouldCollapseWith(Object) return strue, and are collapsed
     47      * through the {@Link Collapsible#collapseWith(Object)} function implemented by the data item.
     48      *
     49      * @param list ArrayList of Objects of type <T extends Collapsible<T>> to be collapsed.
     50      */
     51     public static <T extends Collapsible<T>> void collapseList(ArrayList<T> list) {
     52 
     53         int listSize = list.size();
     54 
     55         for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
     56             T iItem = list.get(i);
     57             if (iItem != null) {
     58                 for (int j = i + 1; j < listSize; j++) {
     59                     T jItem = list.get(j);
     60                     if (jItem != null) {
     61                         if (iItem.shouldCollapseWith(jItem)) {
     62                             iItem.collapseWith(jItem);
     63                             list.set(j, null);
     64                         }
     65                     }
     66                 }
     67             }
     68         }
     69 
     70         // Remove the null items
     71         Iterator<T> itr = list.iterator();
     72         while (itr.hasNext()) {
     73             if (itr.next() == null) {
     74                 itr.remove();
     75             }
     76         }
     77 
     78     }
     79 }
     80