Here you can find the source of getFirst(Iterable
public static <T> Object getFirst(Iterable<T> c)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008 The University of York. * 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 ww w . ja va 2 s . c o m*/ * Contributors: * Dimitrios Kolovos - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { public static <T> Object getFirst(Iterable<T> c) { final Iterator<T> it = c.iterator(); if (!it.hasNext()) { return null; } else { return it.next(); } } }