Java Collection Create createNewValue(String value, Collection values)

Description

create New Value

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String createNewValue(String value, Collection<String> values) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2016 German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.//from w  ww  .  ja va  2  s . c  o  m
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Department Biological Safety - BfR
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    public static String createNewValue(String value,
            Collection<String> values) {
        if (!values.contains(value)) {
            return value;
        }

        for (int i = 2;; i++) {
            String newValue = value + "_" + i;

            if (!values.contains(newValue)) {
                return newValue;
            }
        }
    }
}

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