Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2013 * * 52North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH * Contact: Andreas Wytzisk * Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24 * 48155 Muenster, Germany * info@52north.org * * 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 */ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; public class Main { /** * @param collectionOfCollection * a Collection<Collection<T>> * * @return a Set<T> containing all values of all Collections<T> * without any duplicates */ public static <T> Set<T> unionOfListOfLists(final Collection<? extends Collection<T>> collectionOfCollection) { if (collectionOfCollection == null || collectionOfCollection.isEmpty()) { return new HashSet<T>(0); } final HashSet<T> union = new HashSet<T>(); for (final Collection<T> col : collectionOfCollection) { if (col != null) { for (final T t : col) { if (t != null) { union.add(t); } } } } return union; } /** * Check if collection is not <tt>null</tt> and empty * * @param collection * Collection to check * * @return <tt>true</tt>, if collection is not null and empty, else <tt>false</tt> */ public static <T> boolean isEmpty(final Collection<T> collection) { return collection != null && collection.isEmpty(); } /** * Check if map is not <tt>null</tt> and empty * * @param map * map to check * * @return <tt>true</tt>, if map is not null and empty, else <tt>false</tt> */ public static <K, V> boolean isEmpty(final Map<K, V> map) { return map != null && map.isEmpty(); } }