Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2012 The Broad Institute * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following * conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Helper function that takes an object and returns a list representation * of it: * * o == null => [] * o is a list => o * else => [o] * * @param o * @return */ public static List<Object> toList(final Object o) { if (o == null) return Collections.emptyList(); else if (o instanceof List) return (List<Object>) o; else if (o.getClass().isArray()) { final List<Object> l = new ArrayList<Object>(); Collections.addAll(l, (int[]) o); return l; } else return Collections.singletonList(o); } }