public static <A> Boolean firstBoolean(List<A> list)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012 Apigee Corporation//from w w w. j a v a 2 s . co m * * Licensed 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. ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.List; public class Main { public static <A> Boolean firstBoolean(List<A> list) { A a = first(list); if (a == null) { return null; } if (a instanceof Boolean) { return (Boolean) a; } try { return Boolean.parseBoolean((String) a); } catch (Exception e) { } return null; } public static <A> A first(List<A> list) { if (list == null) { return null; } if (list.size() == 0) { return null; } return list.get(0); } }