package org.apache.onami.lifecycle.core;

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import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Convenience for building lists of annotations
 */
public class ListBuilder
{
    private final List<Class<? extends Annotation>> list = new ArrayList<Class<? extends Annotation>>();

    /**
     * Return a new builder.
     *
     * @return new builder
     */
    public static ListBuilder builder()
    {
        return new ListBuilder();
    }

    /**
     * Return a new builder which has the input annotation as the first item.
     *
     * @param annotationClass annotation to initialize the list with.
     * @return new builder.
     */
    public static ListBuilder builder( Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass )
    {
        return new ListBuilder().append( annotationClass );
    }

    /**
     * Append the input annotation to the list that is being built.
     *
     * @param annotationClass annotation to append.
     * @return self
     */
    public ListBuilder append( Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass )
    {
        list.add( annotationClass );
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Build and return the list.
     *
     * @return list with the built annotations.
     */
    public List<Class<? extends Annotation>> build()
    {
        return new ArrayList<Class<? extends Annotation>>( list );
    }

    /**
     * Hidden constructor, this class must be not instantiated directly.
     */
    private ListBuilder()
    {
        // do nothing
    }

}