From 8b20e4392d402683ee38b20aa85d42252228f7ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert von Burg <eitch@eitchnet.ch>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:32:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [New] ObjectHelper.isIn() extended to allow left and right
 side to be an array/collection

---
 .../java/li/strolch/utils/ObjectHelper.java   | 33 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/li/strolch/utils/ObjectHelper.java b/utils/src/main/java/li/strolch/utils/ObjectHelper.java
index 03cc1b5c7..1965a58a8 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/li/strolch/utils/ObjectHelper.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/li/strolch/utils/ObjectHelper.java
@@ -252,10 +252,35 @@ public class ObjectHelper {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (right instanceof Object[] arr) {
-			for (Object o : arr) {
-				if (equals(left, o, ignoreCase))
-					return true;
+		if (right instanceof Object[] arrayRight) {
+
+			if (left instanceof Collection<?> collectionLeft) {
+
+				for (Object o : arrayRight) {
+					for (Object l : collectionLeft) {
+						if (equals(l, o, ignoreCase))
+							return true;
+					}
+				}
+
+				return false;
+
+			} else if (left instanceof String[] leftArr) {
+
+				for (Object o : arrayRight) {
+					for (Object l : leftArr) {
+						if (equals(l, o, ignoreCase))
+							return true;
+					}
+				}
+
+				return false;
+
+			} else {
+				for (Object o : arrayRight) {
+					if (equals(left, o, ignoreCase))
+						return true;
+				}
 			}
 
 			return false;