bool contains(Object object)

Returns true if the collection contains an element equal to element.

This operation will check each element in order for being equal to element, unless it has a more efficient way to find an element equal to element.

The equality used to determine whether element is equal to an element of the iterable defaults to the Object.operator== of the element.

Some types of iterable may have a different equality used for its elements. For example, a Set may have a custom equality (see Set.identical) that its contains uses. Likewise the Iterable returned by a Map.keys call should use the same equality that the Map uses for keys.

Source

bool contains(Object object) {
  return _validKey(object) && _splay(object as dynamic/*=E*/) == 0;
}