Java List Contain contains(List list, Object obj)

Description

Checks if the given list contains a specific object value by comparing the string version.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	a parameter
obj	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean contains(List list, Object obj) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w w  .j  a  va  2  s  . c  om*/
 * Copyright 2015 Couchbase, 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.
 */

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks if the given list contains a specific object value by comparing the
     * string version.
     * 
     * This is necessary becuase we sometimes don't want to work with exactly 
     * the same instance on the client side but with a temp. instance which
     * is fetched on demand but reperesents the same object
     * 
     * @param list
     * @param obj
     * @return 
     */
    public static boolean contains(List list, Object obj) {
        for (Object entry : list) {

            if (entry.toString().equals(obj.toString()))
                return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

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2. contains(int[] list, int x)
3. contains(int[] match, List container)
4. contains(int[] subject, int[][] list)
5. contains(List aList, Object anObj)
6. contains(List lsttor, Object val)
7. contains(List list, Object element, int begin, int end)
8. contains(List objects, Object object)
9. contains(List listOfArrays, A[] array)