/**
* Filters out <code>Authors</code> that are deactivated. It returns a group of all the <code>
* Authors</code> which are active.
*
* @param authorGroup Specifies the group of authors on which to apply the filter
* @return the group of all the authors in the group that are active
*/
public static AuthorGroup getAllActiveAuthors(AuthorGroup authorGroup) {
Iterator iterator;
Author author;
AuthorGroup result;
result = new DefaultAuthorGroup();
iterator = authorGroup.getIterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
author = (DefaultAuthor) iterator.next();
if (author.isActive()) result.addAuthor(author);
}
return result;
}
