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package net.fortuna.ical4j.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;

/**
 * $Id LocationTypeList.java $ [23-Apr-2004]
 * 
 * Defines a list of iCalendar location types.
 * 
 * @author Ben Fortuna
 */
public class LocationTypeList implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9181735547604179160L;

    private List locationTypes;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public LocationTypeList() {
        locationTypes = new CopyOnWriteArrayList();
    }

    /**
     * Parses the specified string representation to create a list of categories.
     * 
     * @param aValue
     *            a string representation of a list of categories
     */
    public LocationTypeList(final String aValue) {
        locationTypes = new CopyOnWriteArrayList();

        final StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(aValue, ",");
        while (t.hasMoreTokens()) {
            locationTypes.add(t.nextToken());
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public final String toString() {
        final StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
        for (final Iterator i = locationTypes.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            b.append(i.next());
            if (i.hasNext()) {
                b.append(',');
            }
        }
        return b.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Add a location type to the list.
     * 
     * @param locationType the location type to add
     * @return true if the object is added successfully
     * @see List#add(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public final boolean add(final String locationType) {
        return locationTypes.add(locationType);
    }

    /**
     * @return boolean indicates if the list is empty
     * @see List#isEmpty()
     */
    public final boolean isEmpty() {
        return locationTypes.isEmpty();
    }

    /**
     * @return an iterator
     * @see List#iterator()
     */
    public final Iterator iterator() {
        return locationTypes.iterator();
    }

    /**
     * Remove a locationType from the list.
     * 
     * @param locationType the location type to remove
     * @return true if the list contained the specified category
     * @see List#remove(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public final boolean remove(final String locationType) {
        return locationTypes.remove(locationType);
    }

    /**
     * @return the number of categories in the list
     * @see List#size()
     */
    public final int size() {
        return locationTypes.size();
    }
}
