Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2007 DSource.org and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are 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: * Bruno Medeiros - initial implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** @return given coll if it's non-null, an empty collection otherwise. * The returned collection cannot be modified. */ public static <E> Collection<E> nullToEmpty(Collection<E> coll) { return coll == null ? Collections.EMPTY_LIST : coll; } /** @return given list if it's non-null, an empty List otherwise. * The returned list cannot be modified. */ public static <E> List<E> nullToEmpty(List<E> list) { return list == null ? Collections.EMPTY_LIST : list; } }