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 { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <E> E[] arrayOf(Class<E> elementClass, Object arrayOrElement) { if (arrayOrElement == null) { return null; } if (arrayOrElement.getClass().isArray()) { return (E[]) arrayOrElement; } Object result = Array.newInstance(elementClass, 1); Array.set(result, 0, arrayOrElement); return (E[]) result; } }