Java Collection to String collectionToString(Collection list)

Description

collection To String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	a parameter

Return

the list in csv format

Declaration

public static String collectionToString(Collection<?> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2013 Leonardo Aniello, Roberto Baldoni, Leonardo Querzoni.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors://from  www .  j a  v  a  2 s  .c o m
* Leonardo Aniello, Roberto Baldoni, Leonardo Querzoni
*******************************************************************************/

import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param list
     * @return the list in csv format
     */
    public static String collectionToString(Collection<?> list) {
        if (list == null)
            return "null";
        if (list.isEmpty())
            return "<empty list>";
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        int i = 0;
        for (Object item : list) {
            sb.append(item.toString());
            if (i < list.size() - 1)
                sb.append(", ");
            i++;
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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