1: // @author Frank M. Carrano, Timothy M. Henry 2: // @version 5.0 3: public boolean isEmpty() 4: { 5: boolean result; 6: 7: if (numberOfEntries == 0) // Or getLength() == 0 8: { 9: // Assertion: firstNode == null 10: result = true; 11: } 12: else 13: { 14: // Assertion: firstNode != null 15: result = false; 16: } // end if 17: 18: return result; 19: } // end isEmpty