/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 */

package com.DroidKeylogger.main.latin.common;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * Utility methods for working with collections.
 */
public final class CollectionUtils {
    private CollectionUtils() {
        // This utility class is not publicly instantiable.
    }

    /**
     * Converts a sub-range of the given array to an ArrayList of the appropriate type.
     * @param array Array to be converted.
     * @param start First index inclusive to be converted.
     * @param end Last index exclusive to be converted.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if start or end are out of range or start &gt; end.
     */
    public static <E> ArrayList<E> arrayAsList(final E[] array, final int start,
            final int end) {
        if (start < 0 || start > end || end > array.length) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid start: " + start + " end: " + end
                    + " with array.length: " + array.length);
        }

        final ArrayList<E> list = new ArrayList<>(end - start);
        for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
            list.add(array[i]);
        }
        return list;
    }
}
