DatabaseBackedCollection.java

/**
 * 
 */
package com.grendelscan.data.database.collections;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author david
 * 
 * @param <T>
 */
public abstract class DatabaseBackedCollection
{
    protected final String collectionName;
    protected static final List<String> existingNames = new ArrayList<String>(1);

    public final static void clearExistingNames()
    {
        existingNames.clear();
    }

    public DatabaseBackedCollection(final String uniqueName)
    {
        synchronized (existingNames)
        {
            collectionName = uniqueName;
            if (existingNames.contains(uniqueName))
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(uniqueName + " already exists as a database-backed collection");
            }
        }
    }

}