Here you can find the source of max(final T... elements)
public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T max(final T... elements)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from www . ja v a 2 s. c om*/ Copyright (C) SYSTAP, LLC 2006-2008. All rights reserved. Contact: SYSTAP, LLC 4501 Tower Road Greensboro, NC 27410 licenses@bigdata.com This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ public class Main { public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T max(final T... elements) { T max = elements[0]; for (final T element : elements) { if (0 < element.compareTo(max)) { max = element; } } return max; } }