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import java.util.ArrayList;


public class Permutation
{
	public static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> permutation(final ArrayList<Integer> olist)
	{
		ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		for(Integer i : olist)
		{
			list.add(i);
		}
		//System.out.println("[ME]Permutateing " + list);
		ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> output = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>();
		//System.out.println("[ME] Size is " + list.size());
		if(list.size() <= 1)
		{
			output.add(list);
		}
		
		else
		{
			ArrayList<Integer> newlist = list;
			for(Integer i=0; i < list.size(); i++)
			{
				//System.out.println("[ME]First element for this permutation is " + newlist.get(0));
				Integer firstEntry = newlist.remove(0);
				for(ArrayList<Integer> l : permutation(newlist))
				{
					//System.out.println("[ME]This arraylist" + l);
					ArrayList<Integer> tmp1 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
					//ArrayList<Integer> tmp2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
					tmp1.add(firstEntry);
					for(Integer i2 : l)
					{
						tmp1.add(i2);
						//tmp2.add(i2);
					}
					//tmp2.add(firstEntry);
					//System.out.println("[ME] This full permutation is " + tmp1 + ", i is " + i + " and size is " + list.size());
					output.add(tmp1);
					//output.add(tmp2);
				}
				newlist.add(firstEntry);
			}
		}
		
		//System.out.println("[ME] Returning " + output);
		return output;
	}
}