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+//
+// MessagePack for Java
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2009-2010 FURUHASHI Sadayuki
+//
+//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//    limitations under the License.
+//
+package org.msgpack.template;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.msgpack.*;
+
+public class CollectionTemplate implements Template {
+	private Template elementTemplate;
+
+	public CollectionTemplate(Template elementTemplate) {
+		this.elementTemplate = elementTemplate;
+	}
+
+	public Object unpack(Unpacker pac) throws IOException, MessageTypeException {
+		int length = pac.unpackArray();
+		List<Object> list = new LinkedList<Object>();
+		for(; length > 0; length--) {
+			list.add( elementTemplate.unpack(pac) );
+		}
+		return list;
+	}
+
+	public Object convert(MessagePackObject from) throws MessageTypeException {
+		MessagePackObject[] array = from.asArray();
+		List<Object> list = new LinkedList<Object>();
+		for(MessagePackObject element : array) {
+			list.add( elementTemplate.convert(element) );
+		}
+		return list;
+	}
+}
+