Java tutorial
import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; public class SetMembership { final static String[] keywordarray = { "abstract", "assert", "boolean", "break", "byte", "while" }; final static Set keywords = new HashSet(Arrays.asList(keywordarray)); static boolean isKeyword1(String id) { return keywords.contains(id); } static boolean isKeyword2(String id) { return Arrays.binarySearch(keywordarray, id) >= 0; } }