Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Breakout Cave Survey Visualizer * * Copyright (C) 2014 James Edwards * * jedwards8 at fastmail dot fm * * 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., * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Gets the index of the first element in the given list of the given type. * * @param list * the list to search through. * @param type * the type to find. * @return the first element in {@code list} that is an instance of {@code type}, or {@code null} if no such element * is in {@code list}. */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T, S extends T> S findInstance(List<T> list, Class<S> type) { int index = indexOfInstance(list, type); return index < 0 ? null : (S) list.get(index); } /** * Finds the index of the first element in the given list of the given type. * * @param list * the list to search through. * @param type * the type to find. * @return the index of the first element in {@code list} that is an instance of {@code type}, or -1 if no such * element is in {@code list}. */ public static <T> int indexOfInstance(List<T> list, Class<? extends T> type) { int k = 0; for (T t : list) { if (type.isInstance(t)) { return k; } k++; } return -1; } }