core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/authority/mapping/MapBasedAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper.java
private void addGrantedAuthorityCollection(Collection<GrantedAuthority> result,
			Object value) {
		if (value == null) {
			return;
		}
		if (value instanceof Collection<?>) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (Collection<?>) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof Object[]) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (Object[]) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof String) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (String) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof GrantedAuthority) {
			result.add((GrantedAuthority) value);
		}
		else {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid object type: "
					+ value.getClass().getName());
		}
	}
private void addGrantedAuthorityCollection(Collection<GrantedAuthority> result,
			Object value) {
		if (value == null) {
			return;
		}
		if (value instanceof Collection<?>) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (Collection<?>) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof Object[]) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (Object[]) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof String) {
			addGrantedAuthorityCollection(result, (String) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof GrantedAuthority) {
			result.add((GrantedAuthority) value);
		}
		else {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid object type: "
					+ value.getClass().getName());
		}
	}
private void addGrantedAuthorityCollection ( Collection < GrantedAuthority > result , Object value ) { if ( value == null ) { return ; } if ( value instanceof Collection < ? > ) { addGrantedAuthorityCollection ( result , ( Collection < ? > ) value ) ; } else if ( value instanceof Object [ ] ) { addGrantedAuthorityCollection ( result , ( Object [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( value instanceof String ) { addGrantedAuthorityCollection ( result , ( String ) value ) ; } else if ( value instanceof GrantedAuthority ) { result . add ( ( GrantedAuthority ) value ) ; } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Invalid object type: " + value . getClass ( ) . getName ( ) ) ; } }
Convert the given value to a collection of Granted Authorities, adding the result
to the given result collection.

@param value The value to convert to a GrantedAuthority Collection
@return Collection containing the GrantedAuthority Collection
Convert the given value to a collection of Granted Authorities adding the result to the given result collection .