/* Java 2, v5.0 (Tiger) New Features by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0072258543 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004 */ public class GenMethDemo { // Determine if an object is in an array. static boolean isIn(T x, V[] y) { for(int i=0; i < y.length; i++) if(x.equals(y[i])) return true; return false; } public static void main(String args[]) { // Use isIn() on Integers. Integer nums[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; if(isIn(2, nums)) System.out.println("2 is in nums"); if(!isIn(7, nums)) System.out.println("7 is not in nums"); System.out.println(); // Use isIn() on Strings. String strs[] = { "one", "two", "three", "four", "five" }; if(isIn("two", strs)) System.out.println("two is in strs"); if(!isIn("seven", strs)) System.out.println("seven is not in strs"); // Opps! Won't compile! Types must be compatible. // if(isIn("two", nums)) // System.out.println("two is in strs"); } }