edu.stanford.nlp.util

Class CollectionFactory<T>

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.util.CollectionFactory<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CollectionFactory.ArrayListFactory, CollectionFactory.HashSetFactory, CollectionFactory.LinkedListFactory, CollectionFactory.SizedArrayListFactory, CollectionFactory.TreeSetFactory

public abstract class CollectionFactory<T>
extends Object
implements Serializable

Factory for vending Collections. It's a class instead of an interface because I guessed that it'd primarily be used for its inner classes.

Author:

Dan Klein (klein@cs.stanford.edu)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	CollectionFactory.ArrayListFactory<T>
static class	CollectionFactory.HashSetFactory<T>
static class	CollectionFactory.LinkedListFactory<T>
static class	CollectionFactory.SizedArrayListFactory<T>
static class	CollectionFactory.TreeSetFactory<T>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static CollectionFactory	ARRAY_LIST_FACTORY
static CollectionFactory	HASH_SET_FACTORY
static CollectionFactory	LINKED_LIST_FACTORY
static CollectionFactory	TREE_SET_FACTORY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CollectionFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <E> CollectionFactory<E>	arrayListFactory() Return a factory for making ArrayList Collections.
static <E> CollectionFactory<E>	arrayListFactory(int size)
static <E> CollectionFactory<E>	hashSetFactory()
static <E> CollectionFactory<E>	linkedListFactory()
abstract Collection<T>	newCollection()
abstract Collection<T>	newEmptyCollection()
static <E> CollectionFactory<E>	treeSetFactory()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ARRAY_LIST_FACTORY

public static final CollectionFactory ARRAY_LIST_FACTORY

LINKED_LIST_FACTORY

public static final CollectionFactory LINKED_LIST_FACTORY

HASH_SET_FACTORY

public static final CollectionFactory HASH_SET_FACTORY

TREE_SET_FACTORY

public static final CollectionFactory TREE_SET_FACTORY

Constructor Detail

CollectionFactory

public CollectionFactory()

Method Detail

newCollection

public abstract Collection<T> newCollection()

newEmptyCollection

public abstract Collection<T> newEmptyCollection()

arrayListFactory

public static <E> CollectionFactory<E> arrayListFactory()

Return a factory for making ArrayList Collections. This method allows type safety in calling code.

Returns:

A factory for ArrayList collections.

arrayListFactory

public static <E> CollectionFactory<E> arrayListFactory(int size)

linkedListFactory

public static <E> CollectionFactory<E> linkedListFactory()

hashSetFactory

public static <E> CollectionFactory<E> hashSetFactory()

treeSetFactory

public static <E> CollectionFactory<E> treeSetFactory()