Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.lang.reflect.Array; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Converts the given Collection into an array of the given type. * * @param collection The collection to convert * @param arrayType The type of array to return * @return The new array */ @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" }) public static <E> E[] toArray(Collection<E> collection, Class<? extends E> arrayType) { return collection.toArray((E[]) Array.newInstance(arrayType, collection.size())); } /** * Nullsafe method returning the number of elements the incoming collection contains. * * @param c Collection of Objects to count the number of elements from * @return int containing the number of the elements in the collection, or -1 if the collection is null */ public static int size(Collection c) { int size = -1; if (c != null) { size = c.size(); } return size; } /** * Nullsafe method returning the number of entries the incoming map contains. * * @param m Map of Map.Entry objects to count the number of entries from * @return int containing the number of the entries in the map, or -1 if the map is null */ public static int size(Map m) { int size = -1; if (m != null) { size = m.size(); } return size; } }