Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation * * 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; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * Returns <code>true</code> iff some element of <i>a</i> is also an element * of <i>b</i> (or, equivalently, if some element of <i>b</i> is also an * element of <i>a</i>). In other words, this method returns * <code>true</code> iff the {@link #intersection} of <i>a</i> and <i>b</i> * is not empty. * * @since 2.1 * @param a * a non-<code>null</code> Collection * @param b * a non-<code>null</code> Collection * @return <code>true</code> iff the intersection of <i>a</i> and <i>b</i> * is non-empty * @see #intersection */ public static boolean containsAny(final Collection a, final Collection b) { // TO DO: we may be able to optimize this by ensuring either a or b // is the larger of the two Collections, but I'm not sure which. for (Iterator iter = a.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) { if (b.contains(iter.next())) { return true; } } return false; } }