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package org.apache.commons.collections4;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators.EnumerationIterator;

/**
 * Provides utility methods for {@link Enumeration} instances.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 * @version $Id: EnumerationUtils.java 1533984 2013-10-20 21:12:51Z tn $
 */
public class EnumerationUtils {

    /**
     * EnumerationUtils is not normally instantiated.
     */
    private EnumerationUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates a list based on an enumeration.
     *
     * <p>As the enumeration is traversed, an ArrayList of its values is
     * created. The new list is returned.</p>
     *
     * @param <E> the element type
     * @param enumeration  the enumeration to traverse, which should not be <code>null</code>.
     * @return a list containing all elements of the given enumeration
     * @throws NullPointerException if the enumeration parameter is <code>null</code>.
     */
    public static <E> List<E> toList(final Enumeration<? extends E> enumeration) {
        return IteratorUtils.toList(new EnumerationIterator<E>(enumeration));
    }

    /**
     * Override toList(Enumeration) for StringTokenizer as it implements Enumeration&lt;Object&gt;
     * for the sake of backward compatibility.
     *
     * @param stringTokenizer  the tokenizer to convert to a {@link List}&lt;{@link String}&gt;
     * @return a list containing all tokens of the given StringTokenizer
     */
    public static List<String> toList(final StringTokenizer stringTokenizer) {
        final List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(stringTokenizer.countTokens());
        while (stringTokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
            result.add(stringTokenizer.nextToken());
        }
        return result;
    }
}