Here you can find the source of trim(String[] array)
private static String[] trim(String[] array)
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . j av a 2 s . com * Copyright (C) 2003-2013 eXo Platform SAS. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.*; public class Main { private static String[] trim(String[] array) { List<String> trimmed = new ArrayList<String>(array.length); for (String s : array) { if (s != null && !"".equals(s)) { trimmed.add(s); } } return trimmed.toArray(new String[trimmed.size()]); } }