001 /*
002 * Copyright 2001-2010 Stephen Colebourne
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016 package org.joda.primitives.collection;
017
018 import java.util.Collection;
019
020 import org.joda.primitives.PrimitiveCollectable;
021
022 /**
023 * Base interface for all primitive collection interfaces.
024 * <p>
025 * This interface extends {@link java.util.Collection Collection} allowing seamless
026 * integration with other APIs.
027 * All Collection methods can be used, using the primitive wrapper class.
028 * However, it will be <em>much</em> more efficient to use the direct primitive methods
029 * in the subinterface.
030 *
031 * @author Stephen Colebourne
032 * @since 1.0
033 */
034 public interface PrimitiveCollection<E> extends PrimitiveCollectable<E>, Collection<E> {
035
036 // Mandatory operations
037 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
038 /**
039 * Checks if this collection contains any of the values in the specified collection.
040 * If the specified collection is empty, <code>false</code> is returned.
041 *
042 * @param values the values to search for, null treated as empty collection
043 * @return <code>true</code> if at least one of the values is found
044 */
045 boolean containsAny(Collection<?> values);
046
047 }