Check if an array contains the item given - could use Arrays.binarySearch, but that requires a sorted array - Android java.lang

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Check if an array contains the item given - could use Arrays.binarySearch, but that requires a sorted array

Demo Code

/*/*from w w w  .ja va 2 s.c o  m*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2012 Simon Robinson
 * 
 *  This file is part of Com-Me.
 * 
 *  Com-Me is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 *  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 
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 *
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 *  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General 
 *  Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with Com-Me.
 *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Check if an array contains the item given - could use Arrays.binarySearch, but that requires a sorted array
     * 
     * @param array
     * @param item
     * @return
     */
    public static <T> boolean arrayContains(T[] array, T item) {
        if (item == null) {
            return false;
        }
        for (T i : array) {
            if (item.equals(i)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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