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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for transforming the list of arguments passed to
+ * constructors of exceptions.
+ *
+ */
+public class ArgUtils {
+    /**
+     * Class contains only static methods.
+     */
+    private ArgUtils() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Transform a multidimensional array into a one-dimensional list.
+     *
+     * @param array Array (possibly multidimensional).
+     * @return a list of all the {@code Object} instances contained in
+     * {@code array}.
+     */
+    public static Object[] flatten(Object[] array) {
+        final List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        if (array != null) {
+            for (Object o : array) {
+                if (o instanceof Object[]) {
+                    for (Object oR : flatten((Object[]) o)) {
+                        list.add(oR);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    list.add(o);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return list.toArray();
+    }
+}