Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.lang.reflect.Array; public class Main { public static <E> E[] arrayRemove(E[] array, E elementToRemove) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") E[] result = (E[]) arrayRemoveInternal(array, elementToRemove); return result; } public static Object arrayRemove(Object array, Object elementToRemove) { return arrayRemoveInternal(array, elementToRemove); } private static Object arrayRemoveInternal(Object array, Object elementToRemove) { boolean found = false; final int oldLength = Array.getLength(array); if (oldLength == 0) { return array; } final int newLength = oldLength - 1; final Object result = Array.newInstance(array.getClass().getComponentType(), newLength); int nextIndex = 0; for (int i = 0; i < oldLength; i++) { final Object e = Array.get(array, i); if (e.equals(elementToRemove)) { found = true; } else { if (nextIndex == newLength) { break; } Array.set(result, nextIndex, e); nextIndex++; } } if (!found) { return array; } return result; } }