org.eclipse.egf.common/src/org/eclipse/egf/common/helper/MiscHelper.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Thales Corporate Services S.A.S.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 * Thales Corporate Services S.A.S - initial API and implementation
 */
package org.eclipse.egf.common.helper;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Miscellaneous helper.
 * 
 * @author Guillaume Brocard
 */
public class MiscHelper {

  private MiscHelper() {
    // Prevent Instantiation
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list backed by the specified array.
   * 
   * @param elements_p
   *          the array by which the list will be backed.
   * @return a not null list.
   */
  public static <T> List<T> asList(T[] elements_p) {
    ArrayList<T> result = new ArrayList<T>(elements_p.length);
    for (T element : elements_p) {
      result.add(element);
    }
    return result;
  }

}