Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2013 Christian Pelster. * * 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 * * Contributors: * Christian Pelster - initial API and implementation */ import java.util.Collection; import com.google.common.base.Predicate; import com.google.common.collect.Iterables; public class Main { public static <T> T addIfNotExists(Collection<T> collection, Predicate<T> predicate, T element) { if (!Iterables.contains(collection, predicate)) { collection.add(element); } return element; } }