/*
  (c) Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
  [See end of file]
  $Id: IteratorCollection.java,v 1.5 2008/01/02 12:07:44 andy_seaborne Exp $
*/

package com.hp.hpl.jena.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.NiceIterator;


/**
 @author hedgehog
 */
public class IteratorCollection
    {
    /**
        Only static methods here - the class cannot be instantiated.
    */
    private IteratorCollection()
        {}
    
    /**
        Answer the elements of the given iterator as a set. The iterator is consumed
        by the operation. Even if an exception is thrown, the iterator will be closed.
        @param i the iterator to convert
        @return A set of the members of i
    */
    public static Set iteratorToSet( Iterator i )
        {
        Set result = CollectionFactory.createHashedSet();
        try { while (i.hasNext()) result.add( i.next() ); }
        finally { NiceIterator.close( i ); }
        return result;
        }

    /**
        Answer the elements of the given iterator as a list, in the order that they
        arrived from the iterator. The iterator is consumed by this operation:
        even if an exception is thrown, the iterator will be closed.
    	@param it the iterator to convert
    	@return a list of the elements of <code>it</code>, in order
     */
    public static List iteratorToList( Iterator it )
        {
        List result = new ArrayList();
        try { while (it.hasNext()) result.add( it.next() ); }
        finally { NiceIterator.close( it ); }
        return result;
        }

    }


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*/