Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; public class Main { @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") 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; } public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> collection) { return (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()); } public static boolean isEmpty(Map<?, ?> map) { return (map == null || map.isEmpty()); } }