Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2004-2012 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. */ import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Add all given objects to given target list. No duplicates will be added. The contains() method of the given * target list will be used to determine whether or not an object is already in the list. * @param target the collection to which to objects will be added * @param objects the objects to add * @return whether or not the target collection changed */ public static <T> boolean addAllNoDuplicates(List<T> target, T... objects) { if (objects == null || objects.length == 0) { return false; } else { boolean changed = false; for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) { if (!target.contains(objects[i])) { target.add(objects[i]); changed = true; } } return changed; } } }