21.12

java.util.Stack

THE PACKAGE JAVA.UTIL

21.12.4

public boolean empty()

The result is

true

 if and only if the stack contains no items.

21.12.5

public int search(Object o)

If the object

o

 occurs as an item in this

Stack

, this method returns the distance

from the top of the stack of the occurrence nearest the top of the stack; the top 

most item on the stack is considered to be at distance

1

. The

equals

 method

( 20.1.3) is used to compare

o

 to the items in this

Stack

.

. . . And overhead in circling listlessness

The cawing rooks whirl round the frosted stacks . . .

 Oscar Wilde,

Humanitad

 (1881)

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