Java Collection Join join(final Collection collection, final String delimiter)

Description

A method for joing together a collection of strings using a specified delimiter.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
collection	a parameter
delimiter	a parameter

Declaration

public static <T> String join(final Collection<T> collection, final String delimiter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class Main {
    /**// ww w  . j av  a 2  s  .  co m
     * A method for joing together a collection of strings using a specified
     * delimiter.
     * 
     * @param collection
     * @param delimiter
     * @return
     */
    public static <T> String join(final Collection<T> collection, final String delimiter) {
        if (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()) {
            return "";
        }

        Iterator<T> it = collection.iterator();
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(it.next().toString());

        while (it.hasNext()) {
            buffer.append(delimiter).append(it.next().toString());
        }

        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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