Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell * * 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.lang.reflect.Array; public class Main { /** * Converts an Object reference that is known to be an array into an * Object[]. If the array is assignable to Object[], the array passed in is * simply cast and returned. Otherwise a new Object[] of equal size is * constructed and the elements are wrapped and inserted into the new array * before being returned. * * @param in * an array of Objects or primitives * @return an Object[], either the array passed in, or in the case of * primitives, a new Object[] containing a wrapper for each element * in the input array * @throws IllegalArgumentException * thrown if the in parameter is null or not an array */ public static Object[] asObjectArray(Object in) { if (in == null || !in.getClass().isArray()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter to asObjectArray must be a non-null array."); } else if (in instanceof Object[]) { return (Object[]) in; } else { int length = Array.getLength(in); Object[] out = new Object[length]; for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) { out[i] = Array.get(in, i); } return out; } } }