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package org.assertj.core.groups;

import static org.assertj.core.util.IterableUtil.toArray;
import static org.assertj.core.util.Lists.newArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractIterableAssert;
import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractObjectArrayAssert;
import org.assertj.core.api.iterable.Extractor;
import org.assertj.core.util.Lists;

/**
 * 
 * Understands how to retrieve fields or values from a collection/array of objects.
 * <p>
 * You just have to give the field/property name or an {@link Extractor} implementation, a collection/array of objects
 * and it will extract the list of field/values from the given objects.
 * 
 * @author Joel Costigliola
 * @author Mateusz Haligowski
 * 
 */
public class FieldsOrPropertiesExtractor {
  
  /**
   * Call {@link #extract(Iterable, Extractor)} after converting objects to an iterable.
   * <p>
   * Behavior is described in javadoc {@link AbstractObjectArrayAssert#extracting(Extractor)}
   */
  public static <F, T> T[] extract(F[] objects, Extractor<? super F, T> extractor) {    
    List<T> result = extract(newArrayList(objects), extractor);
    return toArray(result);
  }

  /**
   * Behavior is described in {@link AbstractIterableAssert#extracting(Extractor)} 
   */
  public static <F, T> List<T> extract(Iterable<? extends F> objects, Extractor<? super F, T> extractor) {
    List<T> result = Lists.newArrayList();
    
    for (F object : objects) {
      final T newValue = extractor.extract(object);
      result.add(newValue);
    }
    
    return result;
  }

}
