Here you can find the source of contains(Iterator extends T> it, T o)
public static <T> boolean contains(Iterator<? extends T> it, T o)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2002 - 2006 IBM Corporation. * 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 * * Contributors://from w w w.ja v a2s. c o m * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * @return true iff the Iterator returns some elements which equals() the object o */ public static <T> boolean contains(Iterator<? extends T> it, T o) { if (it == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("null it"); } while (it.hasNext()) { if (o.equals(it.next())) { return true; } } return false; } }