Java tutorial
import java.lang.reflect.Array; /********************************************************************* * Array manipulation for Java 1.1+. * * <p> * Java 1.1 compatible. * </p> * * @see * ArrayLib2 * * @version * 2003-04-07 * @since * 2001-04-06 * @author * <a href="http://croftsoft.com/">David Wallace Croft</a>*/ public class Util { /********************************************************************* * Inserts an Object into an Object array at the index position. * * <p> * Example: * <code> * <pre> * String [ ] stringArray * = ( String [ ] ) ArrayLib.insert ( new String [ ] { }, "", 0 ); * </pre> * </code> * </p> * * @throws NullArgumentException * * If objectArray or o is null. * * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException * * If index < 0 or index > objectArray.length. * * @return * * Returns a new array with the same component type as the old array. *********************************************************************/ public static Object[] insert(Object[] objectArray, Object o, int index) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// { if ((index < 0) || (index > objectArray.length)) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("index out of range: " + index); } Object[] newObjectArray = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(objectArray.getClass().getComponentType(), objectArray.length + 1); System.arraycopy(objectArray, 0, newObjectArray, 0, index); newObjectArray[index] = o; System.arraycopy(objectArray, index, newObjectArray, index + 1, objectArray.length - index); return newObjectArray; } }