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016
017package com.google.common.collect.testing;
018
019import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
020import java.util.Collection;
021import java.util.List;
022import java.util.Map;
023
024/**
025 * To be implemented by test generators of things that can contain elements. Such things include
026 * both {@link Collection} and {@link Map}; since there isn't an established collective noun that
027 * encompasses both of these, 'container' is used.
028 *
029 * @author George van den Driessche
030 */
031@GwtCompatible
032public interface TestContainerGenerator<T, E> {
033  /** Returns the sample elements that this generate populates its container with. */
034  SampleElements<E> samples();
035
036  /**
037   * Creates a new container containing the given elements. TODO: would be nice to figure out how to
038   * use E... or E[] as a parameter type, but this doesn't seem to work because Java creates an
039   * array of the erased type.
040   */
041  T create(Object... elements);
042
043  /**
044   * Helper method to create an array of the appropriate type used by this generator. The returned
045   * array will contain only nulls.
046   */
047  E[] createArray(int length);
048
049  /**
050   * Returns the iteration ordering of elements, given the order in which they were added to the
051   * container. This method may return the original list unchanged, the original list modified in
052   * place, or a different list.
053   *
054   * <p>If the order is non-deterministic, as with {@link java.util.HashSet}, this method can return
055   * its input unmodified. Provided that the test suite is built without {@link
056   * com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature#KNOWN_ORDER}, the tests will look
057   * only at the returned contents without regard for order.
058   */
059  Iterable<E> order(List<E> insertionOrder);
060}