Here you can find the source of isEmpty(Collection> col)
public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> col)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2014 Salesforce.com, inc.. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * /*from w ww . j a v a 2s . co m*/ * Contributors: * Salesforce.com, inc. - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static boolean isEmpty(Object obj) { return null == obj; } public static boolean isEmpty(Object[] objs) { return objs == null || objs.length == 0; } public static boolean isEmpty(byte[] objs) { return objs == null || objs.length == 0; } public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> col) { return col == null || col.isEmpty(); } public static boolean isEmpty(List<?> col) { return col == null || col.isEmpty(); } public static boolean isEmpty(Map<?, ?> map) { return map == null || map.isEmpty(); } public static boolean isEmpty(String str) { return str == null || str.length() == 0; } }