Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011 Eric F. Savage, code@efsavage.com * * 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.Collection; public class Main { /** * Returns the size of a collection, or zero if the collection is null. * * @param collection * The collection to inspect, may be null. * @return The size of the collection, zero if the collection is null. */ public static int safeSize(final Collection<?> collection) { if (collection == null) { return 0; } return collection.size(); } }