Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2012 the original author or authors. * * 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.*; public class Main { /** * Determine whether the given Collection only contains a single unique object. * * @param collection the Collection to check * @return <code>true</code> if the collection contains a single reference or * multiple references to the same instance, <code>false</code> else */ public static boolean hasUniqueObject(Collection collection) { if (isEmpty(collection)) { return false; } boolean hasCandidate = false; Object candidate = null; for (Iterator it = collection.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { Object elem = it.next(); if (!hasCandidate) { hasCandidate = true; candidate = elem; } else if (candidate != elem) { return false; } } return true; } /** * Return <code>true</code> if the supplied Collection is <code>null</code> * or empty. Otherwise, return <code>false</code>. * * @param collection the Collection to check * @return whether the given Collection is empty */ public static boolean isEmpty(Collection collection) { return (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()); } /** * Return <code>true</code> if the supplied Map is <code>null</code> * or empty. Otherwise, return <code>false</code>. * * @param map the Map to check * @return whether the given Map is empty */ public static boolean isEmpty(Map map) { return (map == null || map.isEmpty()); } }