Returns the first element from the given Iterable - Java java.util

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Returns the first element from the given Iterable

Demo Code

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 * Copyright (c) 2014 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
 *                    Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
 *                    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 *
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 *    Technical University Darmstadt - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
 *******************************************************************************/
//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the first element from the given {@link Iterable}.
     * @param iterable The {@link Iterable} to get first element from.
     * @return The first element or {@code null} if no element is available.
     */
    public static <T> T getFirst(Iterable<T> iterable) {
        try {
            if (iterable != null) {
                Iterator<T> iter = iterable.iterator();
                return iter.next();
            } else {
                return null;
            }
        } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
            return null; // Iterable must be empty.
        }
    }
}

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