Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. * This program is made available under the terms of the * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static <T> T getFirstElement(Collection<T> collection) { if (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()) { return null; } return collection.iterator().next(); } }