Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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. */ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { /** * Adds an element to the collection unless the element is null. * * @param <T> the type of object the {@link Collection} contains * @param collection the collection to add to, must not be null * @param object the object to add, if null it will not be added * @return true if the collection changed * @throws NullPointerException if the collection is null * @since 3.2 */ public static <T> boolean addIgnoreNull(final Collection<T> collection, final T object) { if (collection == null) { throw new NullPointerException("The collection must not be null"); } return object != null && collection.add(object); } }