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Determines whether the specified collection is null or empty
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#region License
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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>
/// Determines whether the specified collection is null or empty.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enumerable">The collection to check.</param>
/// <returns>
/// <c>true</c> if the specified collection is empty or null; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsEmpty(IEnumerable enumerable)
{
if (enumerable == null)
return true;
if (enumerable is ICollection)
{
return (0 == ((ICollection)enumerable).Count);
}
IEnumerator it = enumerable.GetEnumerator();
if (!it.MoveNext())
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the specified collection is null or empty.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="collection">The collection to check.</param>
/// <returns>
/// <c>true</c> if the specified collection is empty or null; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsEmpty(ICollection collection)
{
return (collection == null || collection.Count == 0);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the specified dictionary is null empty.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary">The dictionary to check.</param>
/// <returns>
/// <c>true</c> if the specified dictionary is empty or null; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsEmpty(IDictionary dictionary)
{
return (dictionary == null || dictionary.Count == 0);
}
}
}
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