Using Iterables.filter() to make a non-Immutable list?

[fishtoprecords]

I have fallen in love with Functions and Predicates. They are great.

But sometimes, you really want a boring old ArrayList instead of an
ImmutableList.

I'm not finding a clean and short way to do this.

I've got code such as:

Iterable<Calendar> itHour = Iterables.filter(recentProcessed,
new Predicate<Calendar> () {
public boolean apply(Calendar cal) {
long delta = Calendar.getInstance
(Constants.utcTZ).getTimeInMillis() - cal.getTimeInMillis();
return delta/Constants.SECONDS_PER_HOUR == 0;
}
});
processedHour = new ArrayList<Calendar>();
for (Calendar c : itHour) {
processedHour.add(c);
}

Anybody got a better solution, something that will accept the
Iterable<> and turn it into a writable list/map/set.

Thanks
Pat

[Nikolas Everett]

Lists.newArrayList(oldList) should do it.  Also, why not use TimeUnit.HOURS.toSeconds(1)  instead of Constants.SECONDS_PER_HOUR?

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[fishtoprecords]

On Dec 19, 7:06 pm, Nikolas Everett <nik9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lists.newArrayList(oldList) should do it.  Also, why not use
> TimeUnit.HOURS.toSeconds(1)  instead of Constants.SECONDS_PER_HOUR?

Thanks, that is just what I was looking for.

I didn't know about the TimeUnit.HOURS.toSeconds(1), using it means I
get to kill some of my local magic constants. Thanks again

[Dimitris Andreou]

2009/12/20 fishtoprecords <pat2...@gmail.com>:

> I have fallen in love with Functions and Predicates. They are great.
>

I have the strange suspicion that Kevin is face-palming maniacly when
he hears that one :)

[fishtoprecords]

> I have the strange suspicion that Kevin is face-palming maniacly when
> he hears that one :)

So is there an inside story here you can share? Did he fight for them
against big odds? Did he argue that no one would understand them, let
alone use them?

I've almost got my PointyHairedBoss using them. Mostly because I'm
using them everywhere, they fit wonderfully into the app that I'm
writing.