Class ForwardingCollection<E>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Iterable<E>, java.util.Collection<E>

    public abstract class ForwardingCollection<E>
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements java.util.Collection<E>
    A collection which forwards all its method calls to another collection. Subclasses should override one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing collection as desired per the decorator pattern.
    Author:
    Kevin Bourrillion
    See Also:
    ForwardingObject
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      boolean add​(E element)  
      boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<? extends E> collection)  
      void clear()  
      boolean contains​(java.lang.Object object)  
      boolean containsAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)  
      protected abstract java.util.Collection<E> delegate()  
      boolean isEmpty()  
      java.util.Iterator<E> iterator()  
      boolean remove​(java.lang.Object object)  
      boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)  
      boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)  
      int size()  
      java.lang.Object[] toArray()  
      <T> T[] toArray​(T[] array)  
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
      • Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection

        equals, hashCode, parallelStream, removeIf, spliterator, stream, toArray
      • Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

        forEach
    • Constructor Detail

      • ForwardingCollection

        public ForwardingCollection()
    • Method Detail

      • delegate

        protected abstract java.util.Collection<E> delegate()
      • iterator

        public java.util.Iterator<E> iterator()
        Specified by:
        iterator in interface java.util.Collection<E>
        Specified by:
        iterator in interface java.lang.Iterable<E>
      • size

        public int size()
        Specified by:
        size in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • removeAll

        public boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)
        Specified by:
        removeAll in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • isEmpty

        public boolean isEmpty()
        Specified by:
        isEmpty in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • contains

        public boolean contains​(java.lang.Object object)
        Specified by:
        contains in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • toArray

        public java.lang.Object[] toArray()
        Specified by:
        toArray in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • toArray

        public <T> T[] toArray​(T[] array)
        Specified by:
        toArray in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • add

        public boolean add​(E element)
        Specified by:
        add in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • remove

        public boolean remove​(java.lang.Object object)
        Specified by:
        remove in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • containsAll

        public boolean containsAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)
        Specified by:
        containsAll in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • addAll

        public boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<? extends E> collection)
        Specified by:
        addAll in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • retainAll

        public boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection<?> collection)
        Specified by:
        retainAll in interface java.util.Collection<E>
      • clear

        public void clear()
        Specified by:
        clear in interface java.util.Collection<E>