#region License

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#endregion

using System.Collections;

namespace Spring.Expressions.Processors
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Implementation of the non-null processor.
    /// </summary>
    /// <author>Aleksandar Seovic</author>
    public class NonNullProcessor : ICollectionProcessor
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns non-null items from the collection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="source">
        /// The source collection to process.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="args">
        /// Ignored.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// A collection containing non-null source collection elements.
        /// </returns>
        public object Process(ICollection source, object[] args)
        {
            if (source == null)
            {
                return null;
            }

            ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
            foreach (object item in source)
            {
                if (item != null)
                {
                    list.Add(item);
                }
            }
            return list.ToArray();
        }
    }
}