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Determine whether a given collection only contains a single unique object
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#region License
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* Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
*
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#endregion
#region Imports
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Reflection;
#endregion
namespace Spring.Util
{
/// <summary>
/// Miscellaneous collection utility methods.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Mainly for internal use within the framework.
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Mark Pollack (.NET)</author>
public sealed class CollectionUtils
{
/// <summary>
/// Determine whether a given collection only contains
/// a single unique object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="coll"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool HasUniqueObject(ICollection coll)
{
if (coll.Count == 0)
{
return false;
}
object candidate = null;
foreach (object elem in coll)
{
if (candidate == null)
{
candidate = elem;
}
else if (candidate != elem)
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
}
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