/**
* Create a new Predicate that returns true if any of the specified
* predicates are true. The predicates are checked in iterator order.
* If the collection of predicates is empty, then this predicate returns false.
*
* @see org.apache.commons.collections.functors.AnyPredicate
*
* @param predicates a collection of predicates to check, may not be null
* @return the <code>any</code> predicate
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the predicates collection is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if any predicate in the collection is null
*/
public static Predicate anyPredicate(java.util.Collection <Object> predicates)
{
return(AnyPredicate.getInstance(predicates));
}
/**
* Create a new Predicate that returns true if any of the specified
* predicates are true.
* If the array of predicates is empty, then this predicate returns false.
*
* @see org.apache.commons.collections.functors.AnyPredicate
*
* @param predicates an array of predicates to check, may not be null
* @return the <code>any</code> predicate
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the predicates array is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if any predicate in the array is null
*/
public static Predicate anyPredicate(Predicate[] predicates)
{
return(AnyPredicate.getInstance(predicates));
}