Javaで配列内の最大の要素を見つける方法

public static int maxNum(int[] array){
        if(array == null) return -1;
        if (array.length == 0) return -1;
        int max = array[0];
        for (int i = 1; i <array.length ; i++) {
            if(max < array[i]){
                max = array[i];
 
            }
        }
        return max;
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] array = {12,8,14,26,5,7,8};
        int max = maxNum(array);
        System.out.println(max);
    }