Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * USE - UML based specification environment * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Mark Richters, University of Bremen * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Set; public class Main { /** * Returns <code>theSet</code> if it is not <code>null</code> or * an unmodifiable singleton empty set (see {@link Collections#emptySet()}). * @param <T> * @param theSet * @return */ public static <T> Set<T> emptySetIfNull(final Set<T> theSet) { if (theSet == null) return Collections.emptySet(); else return theSet; } }