garydgregory commented on a change in pull request #91: Add drain method to
CollectionUtils
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-collections/pull/91#discussion_r339282833
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File path: src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/CollectionUtils.java
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@@ -1791,6 +1791,63 @@ public static int maxSize(final Collection<? extends
Object> coll) {
return list;
}
+ /**
+ * Removes elements whose index are between startIndex and endIndex in the
collection and returns them.
+ * This method would have the side-effect of modifying the input
collections.
+ *
+ * @param <E> the type of object the {@link Collection} contains
+ * @param input the collection will be operated,can't be null
+ * @param startIndex the start index to remove element,can't be less than 0
+ * @param endIndex the end index to remove,can't be less than startIndex
+ * @return collection of elements that removed from the input collection
+ */
+ public static <E> Collection<E> removeRange(Collection<E> input, int
startIndex, int endIndex) {
+ if (endIndex < startIndex) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("The start index can't less
than the end index.");
+ }
+ return CollectionUtils.removeCount(input, startIndex,
endIndex-startIndex);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Removes the specified number of elements from the start index in the
collection and returns them.
+ * This method would have the side-effect of modifying the input
collections.
Review comment:
Replace:
This method would have the side-effect of modifying the input collections.
With:
This method modifies the input collection.
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