Java Utililty Methods ArrayList Search

int search(ArrayList src, ArrayList pattern, int start)
Searches an ArrayList of Strings starting from a specific position for a pattern

int index = -1;
int pos = -1;
int startpos = 0;
if (start > src.size() - pattern.size()) {
 return -1;
do {
 pos = src.subList(startpos + start, src.size() - pattern.size() + 1).indexOf(pattern.get(0));
...

String search(String token, ArrayList iniTokens)
Search for the value of a key in a tokenized ini file

String pToken = "";
for (byte[] iniTokenBytes : iniTokens) {
 String curToken = new String(iniTokenBytes);
 if (curToken.equals(token)) {
 pToken = curToken;
 } else if (pToken.equals(token)) {
 if (curToken.equals("=")) {
 pToken = curToken;
...

boolean searchInElement(String name, Map> elementMap)
Method for search string into css attributes

Set<String> set = elementMap.keySet();
for (String str : set) {
 ArrayList<String> list = elementMap.get(str);
 if (list.contains(name.toLowerCase())) {
 return true;
return false;
...

String searchString(String name, ArrayList input)
This method searchs for a String withing an ArrayList containing strings.

boolean found = false;
int i = 0;
while ((found == false) && (i < input.size())) {
 if (((String) input.get(i)).equals(name)) {
 found = true;
 } else {
 i++;
if (found) {
 return ((String) input.get(i));
} else {
 return (null);