Join a collection of strings by a seperator : String « Date Type « Android

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Join a collection of strings by a seperator

    
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 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

class Main{
    /**
     * Join a collection of strings by a seperator
     * @param strings collection of string objects
     * @param sep string to place between strings
     * @return joined string
     */
    public static String join(Collection strings, String sep) {
        return join(strings.iterator(), sep);
    }

    /**
     * Join a collection of strings by a seperator
     * @param strings iterator of string objects
     * @param sep string to place between strings
     * @return joined string
     */
    public static String join(Iterator strings, String sep) {
        if (!strings.hasNext())
            return "";

        String start = strings.next().toString();
        if (!strings.hasNext()) // only one, avoid builder
            return start;

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64).append(start);
        while (strings.hasNext()) {
            sb.append(sep);
            sb.append(strings.next());
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

}

   
    
    
    
  

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