Package org.openehealth.ipf.commons.ihe.core.chain

Class ChainUtils

java.lang.Object

org.openehealth.ipf.commons.ihe.core.chain.ChainUtils

public class ChainUtils
extends Object

Author:

Christian Ohr, Dmytro Rud

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChainUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T extends Chainable> List<T>	createChain(List<T> initial, Collection<T> custom)	Extends an initial chain with elements from a custom collection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ChainUtils

public ChainUtils()

Method Details

createChain

public static <T extends Chainable> List<T> createChain(List<T> initial,
 Collection<T> custom)

Extends an initial chain with elements from a custom collection.

Parameters:

initial - initial chain, may be empty, but not null.

custom - collection of objects to be added to the initial chain, may be empty, but not null.

Returns:

merged chain.

Throws:

ChainException - when chain extension fails, e.g. when cyclic dependencies are discovered.