Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors. * * Licensed 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.util.*; public class Main { public static <E> String collectionToString(Collection<E> collection, String prefix) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); collectionToString(sb, collection, prefix, "[", ",", "]"); return sb.toString(); } public static <E> void collectionToString(StringBuilder sb, Collection<E> collection, String prefix, String leader, String sep, String trailer) { if (prefix != null) sb.append(prefix); if (leader != null) sb.append(leader); boolean haveSep = sep != null && !sep.isEmpty(); boolean reqSep = false; if (collection != null) { for (E element : collection) { if (reqSep) sb.append(sep); sb.append(element.toString()); reqSep = haveSep; } } if (trailer != null) sb.append(trailer); } public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> collection) { return (collection == null || collection.isEmpty()); } }