package com.infomancers.collections.iterators;

import com.infomancers.collections.util.Transformation;

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/**
 * Utility class to create chained transformations.
 */
public final class ChainedTransformations {

    public static <T1, T2, T3> Transformation<T1, T3> chainTransformations(final Transformation<T1, T2> first,
                                                                           final Transformation<T2, T3> second) {
        return new Transformation<T1, T3>() {
            public T3 transform(T1 item) {
                return second.transform(first.transform(item));
            }
        };
    }

    public static <T1, T2, T3, T4> Transformation<T1, T4> chainTransformations(final Transformation<T1, T2> first,
                                                                               final Transformation<T2, T3> second,
                                                                               final Transformation<T3, T4> third) {
        return chainTransformations(chainTransformations(first, second), third);
    }

    public static <T1, T2, T3, T4, T5> Transformation<T1, T5> chainTransformations(final Transformation<T1, T2> first,
                                                                                   final Transformation<T2, T3> second,
                                                                                   final Transformation<T3, T4> third,
                                                                                   final Transformation<T4, T5> forth) {
        return chainTransformations(chainTransformations(first, second, third), forth);
    }
}