Java Collection Contain containsAny(Collection source, Object... candidates)

Description

Return true if any element in ' candidates ' is contained in ' source ', otherwise returns false .

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	the source Collection.
candidates	the candidates to search for.

Return

whether any of the candidates has been found.

Declaration

public static boolean containsAny(Collection<?> source, Object... candidates) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return {@code true} if any element in '{@code candidates}' is contained
     * in '{@code source}', otherwise returns {@code false}.
     * 
     * @param source
     *            the source Collection.
     * @param candidates
     *            the candidates to search for.
     * @return whether any of the candidates has been found.
     */
    public static boolean containsAny(Collection<?> source, Object... candidates) {
        if (source == null || source.isEmpty() || candidates == null || candidates.length == 0) {
            return false;
        }
        for (Object candidate : candidates) {
            if (source.contains(candidate)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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