Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell * * 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. */ public class Main { /** * Checks to see if an array contains an item. Works on unsorted arrays. If * the array is null this method will always return false. If the item is * null, will return true if the array contains a null entry, false * otherwise. In all other cases, item.equals() is used to determine * equality. * * @param arr * the array to scan for the item. * @param item * the item to be looked for * @return true if item is contained in the array, false otherwise */ public static boolean contains(Object[] arr, Object item) { if (arr == null) return false; for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i) { if (item == null && arr[i] == null) return true; if (item != null && item.equals(arr[i])) return true; } return false; } }