Here you can find the source of toArrayList(Collection
public static <T> ArrayList<T> toArrayList(Collection<T> collection)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w .ja v a 2 s.c om * Copyright 2012 Evgeny Dolganov (evgenij.dolganov@gmail.com). * * Licensed 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.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static <T> ArrayList<T> toArrayList(Collection<T> collection) { if (collection == null) { return null; } ArrayList<T> out = null; if (collection instanceof ArrayList<?>) { out = (ArrayList<T>) collection; } else { out = new ArrayList<T>(collection); } return out; } }