Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright JTheque (Baptiste Wicht) * * 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 { /** * Return the last element of a collection. This method iterates over the complete collection to found * the last element. * * @param collection The collection to get the last element from. * @param <T> The type of value. * @return The last element of the collection. If there is no element, the method return null. */ public static <T> T last(Collection<T> collection) { if (collection.isEmpty()) { return null; } Iterator<T> iterator = collection.iterator(); for (int i = 0; i < collection.size() - 1; i++) { iterator.next(); } return iterator.next(); } }