Java Collection Print print(java.util.Collection collection)

Description

Return a String representing the elements of collection in a human readable format.

License

GNU General Public License

Return

A String representing collection.

Declaration

public static final String print(java.util.Collection collection) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL; see COPYING for details.

public class Main {
    /** Return a <code>String</code> representing the elements of
    <code>collection</code> in a human readable format.  
    <BR> <B>effects:</B> Iterates over <code>collection</code>,
       calling <code>toString()</code> on each element and
    appending the result to a <code>String</code>.  The format
    of the returned <code>String</code> is 
    <NOBR>{ elem1, elem2, ... , elemN }</NOBR>
    @return A <code>String</code> representing
      <code>collection</code>. 
    *///from  w w w.  ja  v  a2  s. c o  m
    public static final String print(java.util.Collection collection) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("{ ");
        java.util.Iterator iter = collection.iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            Object elem = iter.next();
            sb.append(elem.toString());
            if (iter.hasNext()) {
                sb.append(", ");
            }
        }
        sb.append(" }");
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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