public Selector removeAppenders(Selector selector) {
selector = replaceLeadingAppendersByEmptiness(selector);
if (!selector.containsAppender()) return selector;
Selector replacement = replaceMiddleAppendersByEmptiness(selector);
return replacement;
}
public List<Selector> replaceAppenders(Selector inSelector, List<Selector> replacements) {
if (!inSelector.containsAppender()) {
return indirectJoinAll(replacements, null, inSelector);
}
List<Selector> result = Arrays.asList(inSelector);
while (result.get(0).containsAppender()) {
List<Selector> nextRound = new ArrayList<Selector>();
for (Selector tbch : result) {
nextRound.addAll(replaceFirstAppender(tbch, replacements));
}
result = nextRound;
}
return result;
}