Extents (Environmental Data Abstraction Library 1.5.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.ac.rdg.resc.edal.util.Extents

```
public final class Extents
extends Object
```
Contains convenience methods for creating Extent objects. This class is non-instantiable.

Author:

Guy, Jon

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T>`	`emptyExtent()`
`static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T>`	`findMinMax(Collection<T> coll)`	Creates an Extent whose minimum is the lowest value in the passed collection and whose maximum is the highest value in the passed collection, according to the natural order of its elements.
`static <T extends Object & Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T>`	`newExtent(T min, T max)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - findMinMax
```
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T> findMinMax(Collection<T> coll)
```
    Creates an Extent whose minimum is the lowest value in the passed collection and whose maximum is the highest value in the passed collection, according to the natural order of its elements. Null values and NaNs in the passed collection are ignored; if the collection consists entirely of null values the returned Extent will have null minimum and maximum values (an empty extent).
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The type of the elements in the collection
    
    Parameters:
    
    coll - A Collection of values, in any order.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Extent whose minimum is the lowest value in the passed collection and whose maximum is the highest value in the passed collection.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - if the collection is null
    
    NoSuchElementException - if the collection is empty
    
    ClassCastException - if any of the elements in the collection are not Comparable with any of the others.
  - newExtent
```
public static <T extends Object & Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T> newExtent(T min,
                                                                             T max)
```
  - emptyExtent
```
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Extent<T> emptyExtent()
```