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+package de.j32.util;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class Util
+{
+
+ public static <E> E nonnull(E ob)
+ {
+ if (ob == null) throw new NullPointerException();
+ return ob;
+ }
+
+ public static void transfer(InputStream is, OutputStream os)
+ throws IOException
+ {
+ byte[] buffer = new byte[16384];
+ int len = -1;
+ while ((len = is.read(buffer)) != -1)
+ os.write(buffer, 0, len);
+ }
+
+ public static void nothrowClose(Closeable c)
+ {
+ if (c != null) {
+ try {
+ c.close();
+ }
+ catch (IOException e) {}
+ }
+ }
+
+ public static <E> E first(Iterable<E> i)
+ {
+ Iterator<E> it = i.iterator();
+ if (it.hasNext()) return it.next();
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ public static <E> E first(Iterator<E> it)
+ {
+ if (it.hasNext()) return it.next();
+ return null;
+ }
+
+}