Here you can find the source of isEmpty(Collection c)
public static boolean isEmpty(Collection c)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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./*from ww w. ja v a2s . c om*/ *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static boolean isEmpty(Object value) { if (value == null) return true; if (value instanceof String) { if (((String) value).length() == 0) { return true; } } else if (value instanceof Collection) { if (((Collection) value).size() == 0) { return true; } } else if (value instanceof Map) { if (((Map) value).size() == 0) { return true; } } return false; } /** Check whether string s is empty. */ public static boolean isEmpty(String s) { return ((s == null) || (s.length() == 0)); } /** Check whether collection c is empty. */ public static boolean isEmpty(Collection c) { return ((c == null) || (c.size() == 0)); } }