Android examples for java.util:Collection Contains
Determine whether the given Collection only contains a single unique object.
/*//w w w.j a v a 2 s. c om * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ //package com.book2s; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) { Collection collection = java.util.Arrays.asList("asdf", "book2s.com"); System.out.println(hasUniqueObject(collection)); } /** * Determine whether the given Collection only contains a single unique object. * @param collection the Collection to check * @return {@code true} if the collection contains a single reference or * multiple references to the same instance, {@code false} else */ public static boolean hasUniqueObject(Collection<?> collection) { if (isEmpty(collection)) return false; boolean hasCandidate = false; Object candidate = null; for (Object elem : collection) { if (!hasCandidate) { hasCandidate = true; candidate = elem; } else if (candidate != elem) { return false; } } return true; } public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> collection) { return (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()); } }