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package gov.nist.javax.sip.header;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import gov.nist.core.*;

/**
 * Root class for all the collection objects in this list:
 * a wrapper class on the GenericObjectList class for lists of objects
 * that can appear in SIPObjects.
 * IMPORTANT NOTE: SIPObjectList cannot derive from SIPObject.
 *
 * @version 1.2 $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2009-07-17 18:57:38 $
 *
 * @author M. Ranganathan   <br/>
 *
 *
 */
public class SIPObjectList extends GenericObjectList {


    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3015154738977508905L;

    /**
     * Construct a SIPObject List given a list name.
     * @param lname String to set
     */
    public SIPObjectList(String lname) {
        super(lname);
    }




    /**
     * Construct an empty SIPObjectList.
     */
    public SIPObjectList() {
        super();
    }




    /**
     * Do a merge of the GenericObjects contained in this list with the
     * GenericObjects in the mergeList. Note that this does an inplace
     * modification of the given list. This does an object by object
     * merge of the given objects.
     *
     *@param mergeList is the list of Generic objects that we want to do
     * an object by object merge with. Note that no new objects are
     * added to this list.
     *
     */

    public void mergeObjects(GenericObjectList mergeList) {
        Iterator<GenericObject> it1 = this.listIterator();
        Iterator<GenericObject> it2 = mergeList.listIterator();
        while (it1.hasNext()) {
            GenericObject outerObj = (GenericObject) it1.next();
            while (it2.hasNext()) {
                Object innerObj = it2.next();
                outerObj.merge(innerObj);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Append a given list to the end of this list.
     * @param otherList SIPObjectList to set
     */
    public void concatenate(SIPObjectList otherList) {
        super.concatenate(otherList);
    }

    /**
     * Append or prepend a given list to this list.
     * @param otherList SIPObjectList to set
     * @param topFlag boolean to set
     */
    public void concatenate(SIPObjectList otherList, boolean topFlag) {
        super.concatenate(otherList, topFlag);
    }

    /**
     * Get the first object of this list.
     * @return GenericObject
     */
    public GenericObject first() {
        return (SIPObject) super.first();
    }


    /**
     * Get the next object of this list (assumes that first() has been
     * called prior to calling this method.)
     * @return GenericObject
     */
    public GenericObject next() {
        return (SIPObject) super.next();
    }





    /**
     * Convert to a string given an indentation(for pretty printing).
     * This is useful for debugging the system in lieu of a debugger.
     *
     * @param indent int to set
     * @return an indentation
     */
    public String debugDump(int indent) {
        return super.debugDump(indent);
    }





}