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package org.gradle.internal.typeconversion;

import org.gradle.util.GUtil;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Flattens or collectionizes input and passes the input notations to the delegates. Returns a set.
 */
public class FlatteningNotationParser<T> implements NotationParser<Object, Set<T>> {

    private final NotationParser<Object, T> delegate;

    public FlatteningNotationParser(NotationParser<Object, T> delegate) {
        assert delegate != null : "delegate cannot be null";
        this.delegate = delegate;
    }

    public void describe(Collection<String> candidateFormats) {
        delegate.describe(candidateFormats);
        candidateFormats.add("Collections or arrays of any other supported format. Nested collections/arrays will be flattened.");
    }

    public Set<T> parseNotation(Object notation) {
        Set<T> out = new LinkedHashSet<T>();
        Collection notations = GUtil.collectionize(notation);
        for (Object n : notations) {
            out.add(delegate.parseNotation(n));
        }
        return out;
    }
}