Converts an System.Collections.ICollection instance to an System.Collections.ArrayList instance.
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#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>
/// Converts an <see cref="System.Collections.ICollection"/>instance to an <see cref="System.Collections.ArrayList"/> instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputCollection">The <see cref="System.Collections.ICollection"/> instance to be converted.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="System.Collections.ArrayList"/> instance in which its elements are the elements of the <see cref="System.Collections.ICollection"/> instance.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">if the <paramref name="inputCollection"/> is null.</exception>
public static ArrayList ToArrayList(ICollection inputCollection)
{
if (inputCollection == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Collection cannot be null.");
}
return new ArrayList(inputCollection);
}
}
}