Java List Clone cloneToList(final Collection list)

Description

for defensive copying

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	a parameter

Declaration

public static <E> List<E> cloneToList(final Collection<E> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * for defensive copying
     * @param list
     * @return
     */
    public static <E> List<E> cloneToList(final Collection<E> list) {
        if (list == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new ArrayList<E>(list);
    }
}

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