[jira] [Commented] (COLLECTIONS-711) Add Utility to Convert Collection to List

["Gary Gregory (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Gary Gregory commented on COLLECTIONS-711:
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Hi [~belugabehr]

Feel free to provide a PR on GitHub.

Gary

> Add Utility to Convert Collection to List
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-711
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-711
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Collection, List
>            Reporter: David Mollitor
>            Priority: Major
>
> Please take a look at:
>  
> [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/580160/how-to-convert-a-collection-to-list]
>  
> Add a utility method to convert a {{Collection}} to a {{List}}, returning the argument if it is a {{List}} subclass itself.  Make the return type Unmodified for consistency.since if the data comes in as a non-List class, then a copy is made, so modifying the returned collection would not affect the original source, whereas if a {{List}} is passed in, modification to the returned List would impact the original source.



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