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package com.sun.jersey.moxy;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 *
 * @author Jakub Podlesak
 */
class Helper {
    /**
     * Get a canonical array of String elements from a String array
     * where each entry may contain zero or more elements separated by ';'.
     *
     * @param elements an array where each String entry may contain zero or more
     *        ';' separated elements.
     * @return the array of elements, each element is trimmed, the array will
     *         not contain any empty or null entries.
     */
    /* package */static String[] getElements(String[] elements) {
        // keeping backwards compatibility
        return getElements(elements, ";");
    }

    /**
     * Get a canonical array of String elements from a String array
     * where each entry may contain zero or more elements separated by characters
     * in delimiters string.
     *
     * @param elements an array where each String entry may contain zero or more
     *        delimiters separated elements.
     * @param delimiters string with delimiters, every character represents one
     *        delimiter.
     * @return the array of elements, each element is trimmed, the array will
     *         not contain any empty or null entries.
     */
    /* package */static String[] getElements(String[] elements, String delimiters) {
        List<String> es = new LinkedList<String>();
        for (String element : elements) {
            if (element == null) continue;
            element = element.trim();
            if (element.length() == 0) continue;
            for (String subElement : getElements(element, delimiters)) {
                if (subElement == null || subElement.length() == 0) continue;
                es.add(subElement);
            }
        }
        return es.toArray(new String[es.size()]);
    }

    /**
     * Get a canonical array of String elements from a String
     * that may contain zero or more elements separated by characters in
     * delimiters string.
     *
     * @param elements a String that may contain zero or more
     *        delimiters separated elements.
     * @param delimiters string with delimiters, every character represents one
     *        delimiter.
     * @return the array of elements, each element is trimmed.
     */
    private static String[] getElements(String elements, String delimiters) {
        String regex = "[";
        for(char c : delimiters.toCharArray())
            regex += Pattern.quote(String.valueOf(c));
        regex += "]";

        String[] es = elements.split(regex);
        for (int i = 0; i < es.length; i++) {
            es[i] = es[i].trim();
        }
        return es;
    }

}
