Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2013 Heads Up Development Ltd. * * 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.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Make a copy of a list where the items are unique. * * @param list The list which may contain duplicates * @return A new list containing only the unique items of the input list */ public static <T> List<T> uniqueList(List<T> list) { if (list == null) { return null; } List<T> unique = new ArrayList<T>(list.size()); for (T next : list) { if (!unique.contains(next)) { unique.add(next); } } return unique; } }