Java Collection Add addAll(Collection collection, T... newElements)

Description

Add the contents of an array to a collection and return the collection.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
collection	the collection to which things are to be added.
newElements	the new elements to add to the collection.

Return

the collection after the elements have been added.

Declaration

public static <T> Collection<T> addAll(Collection<T> collection,
        T... newElements) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*  ww  w . j  a va2s.  co m*/
     * Add the contents of an array to a collection and return the collection.
     * <p/>Returning the collection facilitates certain constructs including:
     * <blockquote>
     * <tt>doit( ObtuseUtil.addAll( new LinkedList&lt;String>(), new String[] { "hello", "there", "world" } );</tt>
     * </blockquote>
     *
     * @param collection  the collection to which things are to be added.
     * @param newElements the new elements to add to the collection.
     * @return the collection after the elements have been added.
     */

    public static <T> Collection<T> addAll(Collection<T> collection,
            T... newElements) {

        Collections.addAll(collection, newElements);
        return collection;

    }
}

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