From 9f9525873405b689823c86211642a13e6985b166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ziver Koc <ziver@koc.se>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:28:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added Array util class

---
 src/zutil/ArrayUtil.java | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 src/zutil/ArrayUtil.java

diff --git a/src/zutil/ArrayUtil.java b/src/zutil/ArrayUtil.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..458f8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zutil/ArrayUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package zutil;
+
+/**
+ * A  utility class containing Array specific utility methods
+ */
+public class ArrayUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Searches for a given object inside of an array.
+     * The method uses reference comparison or {@link #equals(Object)} to check for equality.
+     *
+     * @return True if the given Object is found inside the array, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static <T> boolean contains(T[] array, T obj) {
+        for (final T element : array)
+            if (element == obj || obj != null && obj.equals(element))
+                return true;
+        return false;
+    }
+}