/**
* Determines whether a specific <tt>LocalCandidate</tt> is contained in the list of
* <tt>LocalCandidate</tt>s harvested for {@link #hostCandidate} by this harvest.
*
* @param candidate the <tt>LocalCandidate</tt> to look for in the list of
* <tt>LocalCandidate</tt>s harvested for {@link #hostCandidate} by this harvest
* @return <tt>true</tt> if the list of <tt>LocalCandidate</tt>s contains the specified
* <tt>candidate</tt>; otherwise, <tt>false</tt>
*/
protected boolean containsCandidate(LocalCandidate candidate) {
if (candidate != null) {
LocalCandidate[] candidates = getCandidates();
if ((candidates != null) && (candidates.length != 0)) {
for (LocalCandidate c : candidates) {
if (candidate.equals(c)) return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
