Java List to String Array listToStringArray(List objectList)

Description

Take the List of objects and return a String array of the toString values of each object in the list.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
objectList	The list of objects.

Return

The array of the object string values.

Declaration

public static String[] listToStringArray(List objectList) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w .  j ava  2  s.  c om*/
     * Take the List of objects and return a String array
     * of the toString values of each object in the list.
     *
     * @param objectList The list of objects.
     * @return The array of the object string values.
     */
    public static String[] listToStringArray(List objectList) {
        String[] sa = new String[objectList.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < objectList.size(); i++) {
            Object o = objectList.get(i);
            if (o != null) {
                sa[i] = o.toString();
            }
        }
        return sa;
    }

    /**
     * Convert the list of objects to a list of strings.
     *
     * @param l List of objects
     * @return List of strings.
     */
    public static List toString(List l) {
        List stringList = new ArrayList();
        for (int i = 0; i < l.size(); i++) {
            stringList.add(l.get(i).toString());
        }
        return stringList;
    }

    /**
     * Create a string representation of the given array
     *
     * @param array array to print
     * @return array as a String
     */
    public static String toString(Object[] array) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        buf.append(": ");
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            buf.append("[");
            buf.append(i);
            buf.append("]: ");
            buf.append((array[i] == null) ? "null" : array[i]);
            buf.append(" ");
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to an append to a StringBuffer.
     * If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If
     * non-null the we append to the StringBuffer the results of s1.toString ();
     *
     * @param sb StringBuffer to append to (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param s1 object to append
     * @return StringBuffer with appended object
     */
    public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1) {
        if (sb == null) {
            sb = new StringBuffer();
        }
        sb.append((s1 == null) ? "null" : s1.toString());
        return sb;
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
     * If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If
     * non-null then we append to the StringBuffer the results of
     * sn.toString ();
     *
     * @param sb StringBuffer to append to (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param s1 first object to append
     * @param s2 second object to append
     * @return StringBuffer with appended objects
     */
    public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2) {
        sb = append(sb, s1);
        sb.append((s2 == null) ? "null" : s2.toString());
        return sb;
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
     * If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If
     * non-null then we append to the StringBuffer the results of
     * sn.toString ();
     *
     * @param sb StringBuffer to append to (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param s1 first object to append
     * @param s2 second object to append
     * @param s3 third object to append
     * @return StringBuffer with appended objects
     */
    public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3) {
        sb = append(sb, s1, s2);
        sb.append((s3 == null) ? "null" : s3.toString());
        return sb;
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
     * If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If
     * non-null then we append to the StringBuffer the results of
     * sn.toString ();
     *
     * @param sb StringBuffer to append to (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param s1 first object to append
     * @param s2 second object to append
     * @param s3 third object to append
     * @param s4 fourth object to append
     * @return StringBuffer with appended objects
     */
    public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3, Object s4) {
        sb = append(sb, s1, s2, s3);
        sb.append((s4 == null) ? "null" : s4.toString());
        return sb;
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to do multiple appends to a StringBuffer.
     * If the given object is null the string "null" will be appended. If
     * non-null then we append to the StringBuffer the results of
     * sn.toString ();
     *
     * @param sb StringBuffer to append to (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param s1 first object to append
     * @param s2 second object to append
     * @param s3 third object to append
     * @param s4 fourth object to append
     * @param s5 fifth object to append
     * @return StringBuffer with appended objects
     */
    public static StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb, Object s1, Object s2, Object s3, Object s4, Object s5) {
        sb = append(sb, s1, s2, s3, s4);
        sb.append((s5 == null) ? "null" : s5.toString());
        return sb;
    }
}

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