/*
* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
* The ASF licenses this file to You 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
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate;
Predicate implementation that returns true the first time an object is
passed into the predicate.
Since: 3.0
/**
* Predicate implementation that returns true the first time an object is
* passed into the predicate.
*
* @since 3.0
*/
public final class UniquePredicate<T> implements Predicate<T>, Serializable {
Serial version UID /** Serial version UID */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -3319417438027438040L;
The set of previously seen objects /** The set of previously seen objects */
private final Set<T> iSet = new HashSet<>();
Factory to create the predicate.
Type parameters: - <T> – the type that the predicate queries
Throws: - IllegalArgumentException – if the predicate is null
Returns: the predicate
/**
* Factory to create the predicate.
*
* @param <T> the type that the predicate queries
* @return the predicate
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the predicate is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> uniquePredicate() {
return new UniquePredicate<>();
}
Constructor that performs no validation.
Use uniquePredicate
if you want that.
/**
* Constructor that performs no validation.
* Use <code>uniquePredicate</code> if you want that.
*/
public UniquePredicate() {
super();
}
Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input object hasn't been
received yet.
Params: - object – the input object
Returns: true if this is the first time the object is seen
/**
* Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input object hasn't been
* received yet.
*
* @param object the input object
* @return true if this is the first time the object is seen
*/
@Override
public boolean evaluate(final T object) {
return iSet.add(object);
}
}