Finding if an array contains all elements in another array

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You could check that the larger of the arrays outer contains every element in the smaller one, i.e. inner:

public static boolean linearIn(Integer[] outer, Integer[] inner) {

   return Arrays.asList(outer).containsAll(Arrays.asList(inner));
}

Note: Integer types are required for this approach to work. If primitives are used, then Arrays.asList will return a List containing a single element of type int[]. In that case, invoking containsAll will not check the actual content of the arrays but rather compare the primitive int array Object references.

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