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ArrayList in Java 1.5 vs 1.4.x

I understand that Java 1.5 allows you to type an ArrayList<E&gt-- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif -- but I am ...
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Java: ArrayList.contains(Object o) isn't calling the correct equals method

It's not terribly clean, but you could use indexOf() and check if it returns -1. Better than breaking out a loop.