diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ListUtil.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ListUtil.java
index bca08728..3b2a327f 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ListUtil.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ListUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ListUtil.java,v 1.7 2002/04/13 01:39:17 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ListUtil.java,v 1.8 2002/09/06 02:09:05 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.util;
 
@@ -420,6 +420,20 @@ public class ListUtil
         return elem;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of elements in the supplied list.
+     */
+    public static int size (Object[] list)
+    {
+        int llength = list.length;
+        for (int ii = 0; ii < llength; ii++) {
+            if (list[ii] == null) {
+                return ii;
+            }
+        }
+        return llength;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new list that will accomodate the specified index and
      * copies the contents of the old list to the first.