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package com.analog.lyric.options;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;

import net.jcip.annotations.Immutable;

import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;

import com.analog.lyric.collect.ArrayUtil;

/**
 * Represents list of doubles for use as option value.
 * @since 0.07
 * @author Christopher Barber
 */
@Immutable
public final class OptionStringList extends AbstractOptionValueList<String>
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	final public static OptionStringList EMPTY = new OptionStringList(ArrayUtil.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
	
	/**
	 * @param elements
	 * @since 0.07
	 */
	public OptionStringList(String ... elements)
	{
		super(String.class, elements);
	}
	
	public static OptionStringList fromObject(@Nullable Object object)
	{
		if (object == null)
		{
			return EMPTY;
		}
		
		Class<?> objectClass = object.getClass();
		
		if (object instanceof OptionStringList)
		{
			return (OptionStringList)object;
		}
		if (objectClass == String[].class)
		{
			return new OptionStringList((String[])object);
		}
		if (objectClass.isArray())
		{
			final int size = Array.getLength(object);
			String[] strings = new String[size];
			for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
			{
				Object element = Array.get(object, i);
				strings[i] = element.toString();
			}
			return new OptionStringList(strings);
		}
		
		throw new OptionValidationException("Cannot convert %s to strings", object);
	}
	
	
	@Override
	public boolean isMutable()
	{
		return false;
	}
}