Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2015 xWic group (http://www.xwic.de) * * 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.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * @param iterable * @return null if the iterable element is null or if there are no elements in it or the first element if it does */ public static <E> E first(final Iterable<E> iterable) { if (null == iterable) { return null; } final Iterator<E> it = iterable.iterator(); if (!it.hasNext()) { return null; } return it.next(); } }