arrayutils.java

实现了SyncML无线同步协议

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Funambol
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package sync4j.framework.tools;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;


/**
 * Collection of tools for the server
 *
 * @author  Stefano Fornari
 */
public class ArrayUtils {
    
    /**
     * Merges the two given arrays in a single array, putting the elements of 
     * the former array first and the elements of the latter array. The returned 
     * array will be of the type specified by <i>elementClass</i>
     *
     * @param a the former array - NULL
     * @param b the latter array - NULL
     * @param elementType the class of the elements
     *
     * @return an array containing the elements of <i>a</i> and <i>b</i>
     */
    public static Object mergeArrays(Object[] a, Object[] b, Class elementType) {
        
        int size = 0;
        
        if (a != null) size += a.length;
        if (b != null) size += b.length;

        Object newArray = Array.newInstance(elementType, size);
        
        int newArrayPos = 0;
        if (a != null) {
            System.arraycopy(a, 0, newArray, newArrayPos, a.length);
            newArrayPos = a.length;
        }
         
        if (b != null) {
            System.arraycopy(b, 0, newArray, newArrayPos, b.length);
        }
        
        return newArray;

    }
    
}