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package org.apache.juneau.objecttools;

import static org.apache.juneau.internal.CollectionUtils.*;
import static org.apache.juneau.internal.StringUtils.*;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * Arguments passed to {@link ObjectViewer}.
 *
 * <ul class='seealso'>
 * 	<li class='link'>{@doc jm.ObjectTools}
 * 	<li class='extlink'>{@source}
 * </ul>
 */
public class ViewArgs {

	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Static
	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Static creator.
	 *
	 * @param args Comma-delimited list of view arguments.
	 * @return A new {@link ViewArgs} object.
	 */
	public static ViewArgs create(String args) {
		if (args == null) return null;
		return new ViewArgs(args);
	}

	/**
	 * Static creator.
	 *
	 * @param args List of view arguments.
	 * @return A new {@link ViewArgs} object.
	 */
	public static ViewArgs create(List<String> args) {
		if (args == null) return null;
		return new ViewArgs(args);
	}

	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Instance
	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	private final List<String> view;

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param viewArgs
	 * 	View arguments.
	 * 	<br>Values are column names.
	 */
	public ViewArgs(String viewArgs) {
		this(alist(split(viewArgs)));
	}

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param viewArgs
	 * 	View arguments.
	 * 	<br>Values are column names.
	 */
	public ViewArgs(Collection<String> viewArgs) {
		this.view = unmodifiable(listFrom(viewArgs));
	}

	/**
	 * The view columns.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * The view columns are the list of columns that should be displayed.
	 * An empty list implies all columns should be displayed.
	 *
	 * @return An unmodifiable list of columns to view.
	 */
	public List<String> getView() {
		return view;
	}
}
