## groovy.util
Class GroovyCollections

A Collections utility class

author:
  Paul King

Constructor Summary
`GroovyCollections()`

Method Summary
`static List` | `combinations(def lists)` Finds all combinations of items from an array of lists.
`static List` | `combinations(Collection lists)` Finds all combinations of items from a collection of lists.
`static Object` | `max(def items)` Selects the maximum value found in an array of items, so min([2, 4, 6] as Object[]) == 6.
`static Object` | `max(Collection items)` Selects the maximum value found in a collection
`static Object` | `min(def items)` Selects the minimum value found in an array of items, so min([2, 4, 6] as Object[]) == 2.
`static Object` | `min(Collection items)` Selects the minimum value found in a collection of items.
`static Object` | `sum(def items)` Sums all the items from an array of items.
`static Object` | `sum(Collection items)` Sums all the items from a collection of items.
`static List` | `transpose(def lists)` Transposes an array of lists.
`static List` | `transpose(Collection lists)` Transposes a collection of lists.

Constructor Detail

### GroovyCollections

    GroovyCollections()

Method Detail

### combinations

    public static List combinations(def lists)

  Finds all combinations of items from an array of lists.
  param:
    lists an array of lists
  return:
    a List of the combinations found
  see:
    #combinations(Collection)

### combinations

    public static List combinations(Collection lists)

  Finds all combinations of items from a collection of lists. So, `combinations([[true, false], [true, false]])` is `[[true, true], [false, true], [true, false], [false, false]]` and `combinations([['a', 'b'],[1, 2, 3]])` is `[['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['a', 2], ['b', 2], ['a', 3], ['b', 3]]`.
  param:
    lists a Collection of lists
  return:
    a List of the combinations found

### max

    public static Object max(def items)

  Selects the maximum value found in an array of items, so min([2, 4, 6] as Object[]) == 6.
  param:
    items an array of items
  return:
    the maximum value

### max

    public static Object max(Collection items)

  Selects the maximum value found in a collection
  param:
    items a Collection
  return:
    the maximum value

### min

    public static Object min(def items)

  Selects the minimum value found in an array of items, so min([2, 4, 6] as Object[]) == 2.
  param:
    items an array of items
  return:
    the minimum value

### min

    public static Object min(Collection items)

  Selects the minimum value found in a collection of items.
  param:
    items a Collection
  return:
    the minimum value

### sum

    public static Object sum(def items)

  Sums all the items from an array of items.
  param:
    items an array of items
  return:
    the sum of the items

### sum

    public static Object sum(Collection items)

  Sums all the items from a collection of items.
  param:
    items a collection of items
  return:
    the sum of the items

### transpose

    public static List transpose(def lists)

  Transposes an array of lists.
  param:
    lists an array of lists
  return:
    a List of the transposed lists
  see:
    #transpose(Collection)

### transpose

    public static List transpose(Collection lists)

  Transposes a collection of lists. So, `transpose([['a', 'b'], [1, 2]])` is `[['a', 1], ['b', 2]]` and. `transpose([['a', 'b', 'c']])` is `[['a'], ['b'], ['c']]` and.
  param:
    lists a Collection of lists
  return:
    a List of the transposed lists