Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2016 Lachlan Dowding * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { /** * Appends the given items to the given collection. Null items are not appended. * * @param collection The collection to append the items to. * @param items The items to be appended. * @param <E> The component type of the items stored in the collection. * @return The given collection. */ public static <E> Collection append(Collection<E> collection, E... items) { return append(collection, false, items); } /** * Appends the given items to the given collection. * * @param collection The collection to append the items to. * @param includeNulls If true, null values will be appended, otherwise they will not. * @param items The items to be appended. * @param <E> The component type of the items stored in the collection. * @return The given collection. */ public static <E> Collection append(Collection<E> collection, boolean includeNulls, E... items) { if (collection != null && items != null) { for (E item : items) { if (includeNulls || item != null) collection.add(item); } } return collection; } }