Is there a more terse way to accomplish this?

private boolean fieldLockExists(String tableName, String fieldName, Integer id)
{
  List<MpFieldLocks> fieldLocks = getFieldLocks(tableName, id);
  boolean exists = false;

  for (MpFieldLocks fieldLock: fieldLocks)
  {
    if (Objects.equals(fieldLock.getFieldName(), fieldName))
    {
      exists = true;
      break;
    }
  }

  return exists;
}

I know I could return from within the for loop to make it shorter. I'm looking for a more fundamental change, if possible.

In C# I might use LINQ. In Java, I'm not sure.

If you're using Java 8, you can use streams:

private boolean fieldLockExists(String tableName, String fieldName, Integer id)
{
    return getFieldLocks(tableName, id)
        .stream()
        .anyMatch(fl -> Objects.equals(fl.getFieldName(), fieldName));
}

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