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package net.sourceforge.plantuml.geom;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class CollectionUtils {

	public static  Collection> selectUpTo(List original, int nb) {
		final List> result = new ArrayList>();
		for (int i = 1; i <= nb; i++) {
			result.addAll(selectExactly(original, i));
		}
		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
	}

	public static  Collection> selectExactly(List original, int nb) {
		if (nb < 0) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		if (nb == 0) {
			return Collections.emptyList();
		}
		if (nb == 1) {
			final List> result = new ArrayList>();
			for (E element : original) {
				result.add(Collections.singletonList(element));
			}
			return result;

		}
		if (nb > original.size()) {
			return Collections.emptyList();
		}
		if (nb == original.size()) {
			return Collections.singletonList(original);
		}
		final List> result = new ArrayList>();

		for (List subList : selectExactly(original.subList(1, original.size()), nb - 1)) {
			final List newList = new ArrayList();
			newList.add(original.get(0));
			newList.addAll(subList);
			result.add(Collections.unmodifiableList(newList));
		}
		result.addAll(selectExactly(original.subList(1, original.size()), nb));

		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
	}
}