Java List First Item getFirstOrNull(List list)

Description

Return the first element of list.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
T	Any type
list	The List

Return

list[0] or null if list == null || list.isEmpty

Declaration

public static <T> T getFirstOrNull(List<T> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  www . j  ava  2s  .co  m*/
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 * Copyright (C) 2014 Heiko Scherrer
 *
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 *
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the first element of list. If list is <code>null</code> of empty, <code>null</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            Any type
     * @param list
     *            The {@link List}
     * @return list[0] or <code>null</code> if list == null || list.isEmpty
     */
    public static <T> T getFirstOrNull(List<T> list) {
        if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }
        return list.get(0);
    }
}

Related

1. getFirstNameIndex(List list)
2. getFirstNonEmptyIndex(final List> list)
3. getFirstObject(List