Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * JEF - Copyright 2009-2010 Jiyi (mr.jiyi@gmail.com) * * 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.lang.reflect.Array; import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static Object findElementInstance(Object collection) { if (collection == null) return null; if (collection.getClass().isArray()) { for (int i = 0; i < Array.getLength(collection); i++) { Object o = Array.get(collection, i); if (o != null) { return o; } } } else if (collection instanceof Collection) { for (Object o : ((Collection<?>) collection)) { if (o != null) { return o; } } } return null; } }