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Android Build an Interactive Story App The Rest of the Story Maintaining a Custom Back Stack

Evgeniia Vakarina
Evgeniia Vakarina
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Posted by Evgeniia Vakarina
Evgeniia Vakarina
3,317 Points

empty() vs isEmpty()

I noticed in Stack API that there is method empty() though the class already has inherited method isEmpty(). Why would they want to invent another method? Is there any good reason to use empty()?

1 Answer

Mohammed Yehia
Mohammed Yehia
Courses Plus Student 9,255 Points

There is no difference between the two, just history here is a good explanation https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24986945/empty-vs-isempty-in-java-stack-class