static public Collection<Condition> replicateConditions(int nruns,Collection<Condition> conditions){
  List<Condition> ret=new LinkedList<Condition>();
  for (  Condition c : conditions) {
    for (int i=0; i < nruns; i++) {
      ret.add(c);
    }
  }
  return ret;
}

static public Collection < Condition > replicateConditions ( int nruns , Collection < Condition > conditions ) { List < Condition > ret = new LinkedList < Condition > ( ) ; for ( Condition c : conditions ) { for ( int i = 0 ; i < nruns ; i ++ ) { ret . add ( c ) ; } } return ret ; }
returns a list that contains n copies of the original conditions .
