Java Type Coalesce coalesce(E... objects)

Description

Returns the first non-null object that is passed in.

License

Apache License

Declaration

private static <E> E coalesce(E... objects) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww w .j a  v  a2 s.  c o m
 * Copyright 2013 Cloudera Inc.
 *
 * 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.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the first non-null object that is passed in.
     */
    private static <E> E coalesce(E... objects) {
        for (E object : objects) {
            if (object != null) {
                return object;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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