Returns the given iterator's single element or null if no element found. - Java Collection Framework

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Returns the given iterator's single element or null if no element found.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the given iterator's single element or {@code null} if no
     * element found. If there is more than one element in the iterator a
     * {@link NoSuchElementException} will be thrown.
     * 
     * @param <T> the type of elements in {@code iterator}.
     * @param iterator the {@link Iterator} to get elements from.
     * @return the single element in {@code iterator}, or {@code null} if no
     * element found.
     * @throws {@link NoSuchElementException} if more than one element was
     * found.
     */
    public static <T> T singleOrNull(Iterator<T> iterator) {
        T result = iterator.hasNext() ? iterator.next() : null;
        if (iterator.hasNext()) {
            throw new NoSuchElementException("More than one element in "
                    + iterator + ". First element is '" + result
                    + "' and the second element is '" + iterator.next()
                    + "'");
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the given iterable's single element or {@code null} if no
     * element found. If there is more than one element in the iterable a
     * {@link NoSuchElementException} will be thrown.
     * 
     * @param <T> the type of elements in {@code iterable}.
     * @param iterable the {@link Iterable} to get elements from.
     * @return the single element in {@code iterable}, or {@code null} if no
     * element found.
     * @throws {@link NoSuchElementException} if more than one element was
     * found.
     */
    public static <T> T singleOrNull(Iterable<T> iterable) {
        return singleOrNull(iterable.iterator());
    }
}

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