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1   /**
2    *
3    * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
4    *
5    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
8    *
9    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10   *
11   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15   *  limitations under the License.
16   */
17  
18  package org.apache.geronimo.gbean;
19  
20  import java.util.Collection;
21  import java.util.Collections;
22  import java.util.Iterator;
23  
24  /**
25   * A wrapper around a reference collection to simulate a 0..1 reference
26   */
27  public class SingleElementCollection {
28  
29      private final Collection collection;
30  
31      public SingleElementCollection(Object element) {
32          if (element == null) {
33              collection = Collections.EMPTY_SET;
34          } else {
35              collection = Collections.singleton(element);
36          }
37      }
38  
39      public SingleElementCollection(Collection collection) {
40          if (collection == null) {
41              collection = Collections.EMPTY_SET;            
42          }
43  
44          this.collection = collection;
45      }
46  
47      public Object getElement() {
48          if (collection.isEmpty()) {
49              return null;
50          }
51          if (collection.size() > 1) {
52              throw new IllegalStateException("More than one element: " + collection);
53          }
54          Iterator it = collection.iterator();
55          return it.next();
56      }
57  
58  }