Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * DataCleaner (community edition) * Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management * * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify, * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program 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 distribution; if not, write to: * Free Software Foundation, Inc. * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import java.lang.reflect.Array; public class Main { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <E> E[] array(Class<E> elementClass, Object existingArray, E... elements) { if (existingArray == null) { return elements; } E[] result; if (existingArray.getClass().isArray()) { int length = Array.getLength(existingArray); result = (E[]) Array.newInstance(elementClass, length + elements.length); System.arraycopy(existingArray, 0, result, 0, length); System.arraycopy(elements, 0, result, length, elements.length); } else { result = (E[]) Array.newInstance(elementClass, 1 + elements.length); result[0] = (E) existingArray; System.arraycopy(elements, 0, result, 1, elements.length); } return result; } }