Utils.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Mateusz Parzonka
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 */
package com.github.parzonka.ccms;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Static helpers.
 *
 * @author Mateusz Parzonka
 *
 */
public class Utils {

    public Utils() {
	// not meant to be instantiated
    }

    public static String join(Collection<String> strings, String delimiter) {
	if (strings.isEmpty())
	    return "";
	final Iterator<String> iter = strings.iterator();
	final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(iter.next());
	while (iter.hasNext())
	    buffer.append(delimiter).append(iter.next());
	return buffer.toString();
    }

    public static <T> List<T> list(T... objects) {
	final List<T> result = new ArrayList<T>();
	for (final T t : objects)
	    result.add(t);
	return result;
    }

}