}

    public static <T> List<T> toList(T[] things) {
        if (things == null || things.length == 0) {
            return new ArrayList<T>(0);
        }

        List<T> list = new ArrayList<T>(things.length);
        Collections.addAll(list, things);
        return list;
    }

    public static <T> Set<T> toSet(Iterable<? extends T> things) {
        if (things == null) {
            return new HashSet<T>(0);

    }

    /**
     * Recursively unpacks all the given things into a flat list.
     *
     * Nulls are not removed, they are left intact.
     *
     * @param things The things to flatten
     * @return A flattened list of the given things
     */
    public static List<?> flattenCollections(Object... things) {
        return flattenCollections(Object.class, things);
    }

    /**

            }
            extensions.add('things', SomeThing)
            things {
                letter = 'a'
                withLetter('b')
            }
            assert things.letter == Letter.B
            things.other('ABC')
            assert things.letter == Letter.A
            things.other(Letter.C)
            assert things.letter == Letter.C
            things.other('A', 'ignore')

Often, these handlers are adding something to the queue like `client.AddEventHandler(controllers.ObjectHandler(queue.AddObject))`.
Construction should NOT actually start running all of these things, do I/O, or block in anyway.

Running the controller actually starts processing things.
Normally, this just means running the queue.
All informers created by `kube.Client` are kept track in the client, and started in one go with `RunAndWait` in one centralized call.

            }

            def bag = project.objects.newInstance(Bag)
            bag.things.registerBinding(Thing, Thing)
            bag.things.registerBinding(AnotherThing, AnotherThing)

            bag.things {
                a(Thing) {
                    value = 1
                }
                b(AnotherThing) {
                    value = "foo"

        when:
        def model = withConnection { connection ->
            connection.model(CustomModel).get()
        }

        then:
        model.thing.is(model.thing)
        model.things[0].is(model.thing)
        model.thingsByName.child.is(model.thing)
        model.findThing("child").is(model.thing)
    }

    def "retains underlying object identity in model returned to client via build action"() {

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * To be implemented by test generators of things that can contain elements. Such things include
 * both {@link Collection} and {@link Map}; since there isn't an established collective noun that
 * encompasses both of these, 'container' is used.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * To be implemented by test generators of things that can contain elements. Such things include
 * both {@link Collection} and {@link Map}; since there isn't an established collective noun that
 * encompasses both of these, 'container' is used.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */

            final int[] fints = parseTime(from);
            fromHours = fints[0];
            fromMinutes = fints[1];
            final int[] tints = parseTime(to);
            toHours = tints[0];
            toMinutes = tints[1];
            final String[] values = days.split(",");
            final List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
            for (final String value : values) {

import javax.inject.Inject

allprojects {
    apply plugin: CustomPlugin
}

class CustomModel implements Serializable {
    List<CustomThing> things = new ArrayList()

    CustomModel(int heapSizeMb) {
        for(int i = 0; i < heapSizeMb; i++) {
            things.add(new CustomThing())
        }
    }
}

class CustomThing implements Serializable {
    byte[] payload = new byte[1024 * 1024]
}