Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2015 Vienna University of Technology. * 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: * Martin Fleck (Vienna University of Technology) - initial API and implementation * * Initially developed in the context of ARTIST EU project www.artist-project.eu *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T min(final Collection<T> collection) { if (collection == null || collection.size() <= 0) { return null; } T max = null; for (final T elem : collection) { if (max == null || elem.compareTo(max) < 0) { max = elem; } } return max; } }