protected  void initialize(Class type,
    Object oldInstance,
    Object newInstance,
    Encoder out) 
{
        java.util.List oldO = (java.util.List)oldInstance;
        java.util.List newO = (java.util.List)newInstance;
        int oldSize = oldO.size();
        int newSize = (newO == null) ? 0 : newO.size();
        if (oldSize <  newSize) {
            invokeStatement(oldInstance, "clear", new Object[]{}, out);
            newSize = 0;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i <  newSize; i++) {
            Object index = new Integer(i);
            Expression oldGetExp = new Expression(oldInstance, "get", new Object[]{index});
            Expression newGetExp = new Expression(newInstance, "get", new Object[]{index});
            try {
                Object oldValue = oldGetExp.getValue();
                Object newValue = newGetExp.getValue();
                out.writeExpression(oldGetExp);
                if (!MetaData.equals(newValue, out.get(oldValue))) {
                    invokeStatement(oldInstance, "set", new Object[]{index, oldValue}, out);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e) {
                out.getExceptionListener().exceptionThrown(e);
            }
        }
        for (int i = newSize; i <  oldSize; i++) {
            invokeStatement(oldInstance, "add", new Object[]{oldO.get(i)}, out);
        }
}