Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Collection; public class Main { /** * Checks whether the given source collection contains any of the items in the find {@link Collection}. * * @param source * @param find * @return */ public static <T> boolean containsAny(Collection<T> source, Collection<T> find) { for (T tofind : find) { if (source.contains(tofind)) { return true; } } return false; } }