Package groovy.lang

Class Sequence

All Implemented Interfaces:
GroovyObject, Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable, Collection, List, RandomAccess
Direct Known Subclasses:
NonEmptySequence

public class Sequence
extends ArrayList
implements GroovyObject
Represents a sequence of zero or more objects of a given type. The type can be omitted in which case any type of object can be added.
See Also:
Serialized Form
  • Constructor Details

    • Sequence

      public Sequence()
    • Sequence

      public Sequence​(Class type)
    • Sequence

      public Sequence​(Class type, List content)
  • Method Details

    • set

      public void set​(Collection collection)
      Sets the contents of this sequence to that of the given collection.
    • equals

      public boolean equals​(Object that)
      Specified by:
      equals in interface Collection
      Specified by:
      equals in interface List
      Overrides:
      equals in class ArrayList
    • equals

      public boolean equals​(Sequence that)
    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Specified by:
      hashCode in interface Collection
      Specified by:
      hashCode in interface List
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class ArrayList
    • minimumSize

      public int minimumSize()
    • type

      public Class type()
      Returns:
      the type of the elements in the sequence or null if there is no type constraint on this sequence
    • add

      public void add​(int index, Object element)
      Specified by:
      add in interface List
      Overrides:
      add in class ArrayList
    • add

      public boolean add​(Object element)
      Specified by:
      add in interface Collection
      Specified by:
      add in interface List
      Overrides:
      add in class ArrayList
    • addAll

      public boolean addAll​(Collection c)
      Specified by:
      addAll in interface Collection
      Specified by:
      addAll in interface List
      Overrides:
      addAll in class ArrayList
    • addAll

      public boolean addAll​(int index, Collection c)
      Specified by:
      addAll in interface List
      Overrides:
      addAll in class ArrayList
    • clear

      public void clear()
      Specified by:
      clear in interface Collection
      Specified by:
      clear in interface List
      Overrides:
      clear in class ArrayList
    • remove

      public Object remove​(int index)
      Specified by:
      remove in interface List
      Overrides:
      remove in class ArrayList
    • removeRange

      protected void removeRange​(int fromIndex, int toIndex)
      Overrides:
      removeRange in class ArrayList
    • set

      public Object set​(int index, Object element)
      Specified by:
      set in interface List
      Overrides:
      set in class ArrayList
    • invokeMethod

      public Object invokeMethod​(String name, Object args)
      Description copied from interface: GroovyObject
      Invokes the given method.
      Specified by:
      invokeMethod in interface GroovyObject
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the method to call
      args - the arguments to use for the method call
      Returns:
      the result of invoking the method
    • getProperty

      public Object getProperty​(String property)
      Description copied from interface: GroovyObject
      Retrieves a property value.
      Specified by:
      getProperty in interface GroovyObject
      Parameters:
      property - the name of the property of interest
      Returns:
      the given property
    • setProperty

      public void setProperty​(String property, Object newValue)
      Description copied from interface: GroovyObject
      Sets the given property to the new value.
      Specified by:
      setProperty in interface GroovyObject
      Parameters:
      property - the name of the property of interest
      newValue - the new value for the property
    • getMetaClass

      public MetaClass getMetaClass()
      Description copied from interface: GroovyObject
      Returns the metaclass for a given class.
      Specified by:
      getMetaClass in interface GroovyObject
      Returns:
      the metaClass of this instance
    • setMetaClass

      public void setMetaClass​(MetaClass metaClass)
      Description copied from interface: GroovyObject
      Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.
      Specified by:
      setMetaClass in interface GroovyObject
      Parameters:
      metaClass - the new metaclass
    • checkCollectionType

      protected void checkCollectionType​(Collection c)
      Checks that each member of the given collection are of the correct type
    • checkType

      protected void checkType​(Object object)
      Checks that the given object instance is of the correct type otherwise a runtime exception is thrown