Java tutorial
import java.lang.reflect.Array; /* * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source * Copyright 2005, JBoss Inc., and individual contributors as indicated * by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a * full listing of individual contributors. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ public class Main { /** * @return an Object array for the given object. * * @param obj Object to convert to an array. Converts primitive * arrays to Object arrays consisting of their wrapper * classes. If the object is not an array (object or primitve) * then a new array of the given type is created and the * object is set as the sole element. */ public static Object[] toArray(final Object obj) { // if the object is an array, the cast and return it. if (obj instanceof Object[]) { return (Object[]) obj; } // if the object is an array of primitives then wrap the array Class type = obj.getClass(); Object array; if (type.isArray()) { int length = Array.getLength(obj); Class componentType = type.getComponentType(); array = Array.newInstance(componentType, length); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { Array.set(array, i, Array.get(obj, i)); } } else { array = Array.newInstance(type, 1); Array.set(array, 0, obj); } return (Object[]) array; } }