Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2007 DSource.org and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Bruno Medeiros - initial implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.function.Predicate; public class Main { /** Removes from given list the first element that matches given predicate. * @return true if an element was removed, false otherwise. */ public static <E> boolean removeElement(List<? extends E> list, Predicate<E> predicate) { for (Iterator<? extends E> iter = list.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) { E obj = iter.next(); if (predicate.test(obj)) { iter.remove(); return true; } } return false; } }