[COLLECTIONS-286] CollectionsUtils.extractSingleton

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Branch: refs/heads/collections_jdk5_branch
Commit: 0a52bf59a788abfd5cc64c3cbe0cc73cbbfb4cfd
Parents: dabd240
Author: Matthew Jason Benson <mben...@apache.org>
Authored: Fri Sep 11 17:48:55 2009 +0000
Committer: Matthew Jason Benson <mben...@apache.org>
Committed: Fri Sep 11 17:48:55 2009 +0000

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 .../commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java    | 13 +++++++++++
 .../collections/TestCollectionUtils.java        | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections/blob/0a52bf59/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java 
b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java
index cf34edc..89b06e4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/CollectionUtils.java
@@ -1291,4 +1291,17 @@ public class CollectionUtils {
         return TransformedCollection.decorate(collection, transformer);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extract the lone element of the specified Collection.
+     * @param <E> collection type
+     * @param collection to read
+     * @return sole member of collection
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if collection is null/empty or 
contains more than one element
+     */
+    public static <E> E extractSingleton(Collection<E> collection) {
+        if (collection == null || collection.size() != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can extract singleton only 
when collection size == 1");
+        }
+        return collection.iterator().next();
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections/blob/0a52bf59/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestCollectionUtils.java
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diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestCollectionUtils.java 
b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestCollectionUtils.java
index 7b613e6..6d102fb 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestCollectionUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestCollectionUtils.java
@@ -1414,6 +1414,29 @@ public class TestCollectionUtils extends MockTestCase {
         assertEquals(collectionA, Arrays.asList(a));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void extractSingleton() {
+        ArrayList<String> coll = null;
+        try {
+            CollectionUtils.extractSingleton(coll);
+            fail("expected IllegalArgumentException from 
extractSingleton(null)");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        }
+        coll = new ArrayList<String>();
+        try {
+            CollectionUtils.extractSingleton(coll);
+            fail("expected IllegalArgumentException from 
extractSingleton(empty)");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        }
+        coll.add("foo");
+        assertEquals("foo", CollectionUtils.extractSingleton(coll));
+        coll.add("bar");
+        try {
+            CollectionUtils.extractSingleton(coll);
+            fail("expected IllegalArgumentException from extractSingleton(size 
== 2)");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Records the next object returned for a mock iterator

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