public abstract class

AbstractCollectionDecorator

extends Object
implements Collection<E> 
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package org.apache.commons.collections.collection;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Decorates another <code>Collection</code> to provide additional behaviour.
 * <p>
 * Each method call made on this <code>Collection</code> is forwarded to the
 * decorated <code>Collection</code>. This class is used as a framework on which
 * to build to extensions such as synchronized and unmodifiable behaviour. The
 * main advantage of decoration is that one decorator can wrap any implementation
 * of <code>Collection</code>, whereas sub-classing requires a new class to be
 * written for each implementation.
 * <p>
 * This implementation does not perform any special processing with
 * {@link #iterator()}. Instead it simply returns the value from the 
 * wrapped collection. This may be undesirable, for example if you are trying
 * to write an unmodifiable implementation it might provide a loophole.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Paul Jack
 */
public abstract class AbstractCollectionDecorator implements Collection {

    /** The collection being decorated */
    protected Collection collection;

    /**
     * Constructor only used in deserialization, do not use otherwise.
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    protected AbstractCollectionDecorator() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     * 
     * @param coll  the collection to decorate, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the collection is null
     */
    protected AbstractCollectionDecorator(Collection coll) {
        if (coll == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Collection must not be null");
        }
        this.collection = coll;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the collection being decorated.
     * 
     * @return the decorated collection
     */
    protected Collection getCollection() {
        return collection;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    public boolean add(Object object) {
        return collection.add(object);
    }

    public boolean addAll(Collection coll) {
        return collection.addAll(coll);
    }

    public void clear() {
        collection.clear();
    }

    public boolean contains(Object object) {
        return collection.contains(object);
    }

    public boolean isEmpty() {
        return collection.isEmpty();
    }

    public Iterator iterator() {
        return collection.iterator();
    }

    public boolean remove(Object object) {
        return collection.remove(object);
    }

    public int size() {
        return collection.size();
    }

    public Object[] toArray() {
        return collection.toArray();
    }

    public Object[] toArray(Object[] object) {
        return collection.toArray(object);
    }

    public boolean containsAll(Collection coll) {
        return collection.containsAll(coll);
    }

    public boolean removeAll(Collection coll) {
        return collection.removeAll(coll);
    }

    public boolean retainAll(Collection coll) {
        return collection.retainAll(coll);
    }

    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        if (object == this) {
            return true;
        }
        return collection.equals(object);
    }

    public int hashCode() {
        return collection.hashCode();
    }

    public String toString() {
        return collection.toString();
    }

}