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package org.apache.beam.sdk.coders;

import java.util.List;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptor;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeParameter;

/**
 * A {@link Coder} for {@link List}, using the format of {@link IterableLikeCoder}.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the elements of the Lists being transcoded
 */
public class ListCoder<T> extends IterableLikeCoder<T, List<T>> {

  public static <T> ListCoder<T> of(Coder<T> elemCoder) {
    return new ListCoder<>(elemCoder);
  }

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Internal operations below here.

  @Override
  protected final List<T> decodeToIterable(List<T> decodedElements) {
    return decodedElements;
  }

  protected ListCoder(Coder<T> elemCoder) {
    super(elemCoder, "List");
  }

  /**
   * List sizes are always known, so ListIterable may be deterministic while the general
   * IterableLikeCoder is not.
   */
  @Override
  public void verifyDeterministic() throws NonDeterministicException {
    verifyDeterministic(this, "ListCoder.elemCoder must be deterministic", getElemCoder());
  }

  @Override
  public TypeDescriptor<List<T>> getEncodedTypeDescriptor() {
    return new TypeDescriptor<List<T>>(getClass()) {}.where(
        new TypeParameter<T>() {}, getElemCoder().getEncodedTypeDescriptor());
  }
}
