Java: Detect duplicates in ArrayList?

Question

How could I go about detecting (returning true/false) whether an ArrayList contains more than one of the same element in Java?

Many thanks, Terry

Edit Forgot to mention that I am not looking to compare "Blocks" with each other but their integer values. Each "block" has an int and this is what makes them different. I find the int of a particular Block by calling a method named "getNum" (e.g. table1[0][2].getNum();

Answer 1

/**
     * Method to detect presence of duplicates in a generic list. 
     * Depends on the equals method of the concrete type. make sure to override it as required.
     */
    public static <T> boolean hasDuplicates(List<T> list){
        int count = list.size();
        T t1,t2;

        for(int i=0;i<count;i++){
            t1 = list.get(i);
            for(int j=i+1;j<count;j++){
                t2 = list.get(j);
                if(t2.equals(t1)){
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

An example of a concrete class that has overridden equals() :

public class Reminder{
    private long id;
    private int hour;
    private int minute;

    public Reminder(long id, int hour, int minute){
        this.id = id;
        this.hour = hour;
        this.minute = minute;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object other){
        if(other == null) return false;
        if(this.getClass() != other.getClass()) return false;
        Reminder otherReminder = (Reminder) other;
        if(this.hour != otherReminder.hour) return false;
        if(this.minute != otherReminder.minute) return false;

        return true;
    }
}