Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Aptana Studio * Copyright (c) 2005-2011 by Appcelerator, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL) v3 (with exceptions). * Please see the license.html included with this distribution for details. * Any modifications to this file must keep this entire header intact. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; public class Main { /** * Given two collections of elements of type <T>, return a collection containing the items from both lists * * @param <T> * Type * @param collection1 * Collection #1 * @param collection2 * Collection #2 * @return Collection with items from both lists */ public static <T> Collection<T> union(Collection<? extends T> collection1, Collection<? extends T> collection2) { if (isEmpty(collection1)) { if (isEmpty(collection2)) { // if both are empty, return empty list return Collections.emptyList(); } // if just 1 is empty, return 2 return new ArrayList<T>(collection2); } // at this point when know 1 is not empty if (isEmpty(collection2)) { // so if 2 is, return 1. return new ArrayList<T>(collection1); } // we know both 1 and 2 aren't empty Set<T> union = new HashSet<T>(collection1.size() + collection2.size()); union.addAll(collection1); union.addAll(collection2); return new ArrayList<T>(union); } /** * This is a convenience method that returns true if the specified collection is null or empty * * @param <T> * Any type of object * @param collection * @return */ public static <T> boolean isEmpty(Collection<T> collection) { return collection == null || collection.isEmpty(); } /** * This is a convenience method that returns true if the specified map is null or empty * * @param <T> * any type of key * @param <U> * any type of value * @param map * @return */ public static <T, U> boolean isEmpty(Map<T, U> map) { return map == null || map.isEmpty(); } public static int size(Collection<? extends Object> collection) { if (collection == null) { return 0; } return collection.size(); } }