Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 BSI Business Systems Integration AG. * 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: * BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * exception safe access of an element of a list by index. * * @param list * @param index * @return null if the index is out of the list bounds or the element is null by itself. */ public static <T> T getElement(List<T> list, int index) { if (index >= 0 && index < list.size()) { return list.get(index); } return null; } public static <T> int size(Collection<T> list) { if (list == null) { return 0; } return list.size(); } }