Java Utililty Methods Comma Separated List

List of utility methods to do Comma Separated List

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Method

StringgetCommaSeparatedList(List list)
Turn a list of Strings into a concatenated string of filenames 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (Iterator<String> i = list.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
    sb.append(i.next());
    if (i.hasNext()) {
        sb.append(",");
return sb.toString();
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StringgetCommaSeparatedListOfString(Collection list)
get Comma Separated List Of String 
return getCommaSeparatedListOfString(list, "(", ")", true);
StringgetCommaSeparatedValue(List> enumList)
Gets the comma separated value. 
StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
for (Enum<?> element : enumList) {
    if (stringBuffer.length() != 0) {
        stringBuffer.append(",");
    stringBuffer.append(element.name());
return stringBuffer.toString();
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StringgetCommaSeparatedValues(List values)
Returns the specified list of values as a String representing a comma-separated list of values. 
if (null == values || values.size() == 0)
    return ""; 
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder("'").append(values.get(0)).append("'"); 
for (int i = 1, len = values.size(); i < len; i++) {
    b.append(",'").append(values.get(i)).append("'"); 
return b.toString();
StringgetListAsCommaSeparatedString(List list)
get List As Comma Separated String 
if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) {
    return null;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (String key : list) {
    sb.append(key);
    sb.append(",");
sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1);
return sb.toString();
StringgetStringList(List list, boolean useComma, boolean useBrackets, String comma)
List the toString out put of the objects in the List that can be comma separated. 
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (!useComma) {
    comma = "";
if (list != null) {
    if (useBrackets) {
        buffer.append("(");
    for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
        buffer.append(list.get(i)).append((i < list.size() - 1) ? comma : "");
    if (useBrackets) {
        buffer.append(")");
return buffer.toString();
ListgetStringListFromCommaSeparatedString(String input)
get String List From Comma Separated String 
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
if (!input.isEmpty()) {
    String[] toArray = input.split(",");
    list.addAll(Arrays.asList(toArray));
return list;
StringhumanReadableCommandLineOutput(List arguments)
Build a human readable command line from the arguments set by the plugin 
String debugOutput = "";
for (String argument : arguments) {
    debugOutput += argument + " ";
return debugOutput.trim();
StringimplodeCommaAnd(List list, String comma, String and)
implode Comma And 
if (list.size() == 0)
    return "";
if (list.size() == 1)
    return list.get(0);
String lastItem = list.get(list.size() - 1);
String nextToLastItem = list.get(list.size() - 2);
String merge = nextToLastItem + and + lastItem;
list.set(list.size() - 2, merge);
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StringlistToComma(List list)
list To Comma 
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
    sb.append(String.valueOf(list.get(i)));
    if (i < list.size() - 1) {
        sb.append(",");
return sb.toString();
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