net.sf.colossus.util
Class ArrayHelper

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.colossus.util.ArrayHelper

public class ArrayHelper
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of static methods to help with using arrays of the Java language. This is an addition to Arrays.

Constructor Summary

ArrayHelper()

Method Summary

static <T> T	findFirstMatch(T[][] input, Predicate<T> predicate) Find the first element in the array that matches the predicate.
static <T> T	findFirstMatch(T[] input, Predicate<T> predicate) Find the first element in the array that matches the predicate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ArrayHelper

public ArrayHelper()

Method Detail

findFirstMatch

public static <T> T findFirstMatch(T[] input,
                                   Predicate<T> predicate)

Find the first element in the array that matches the predicate.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of element to use.

Parameters:

input - The array of candidates to match. Not null.

predicate - The match condition. Not null.

Returns:

The first match or null if there is none.

findFirstMatch

public static <T> T findFirstMatch(T[][] input,
                                   Predicate<T> predicate)

Find the first element in the array that matches the predicate. This is a two-dimensional version of #findFirstMatch(T[], Predicate), iteration is right-to-left as usual in Java.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of element to use.

Parameters:

input - The array of candidates to match. Not null.

predicate - The match condition. Not null.

Returns:

The first match or null if there is none.