Here you can find the source of toStringColl(Collection> set)
public static List<String> toStringColl(Collection<?> set)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * The MIT License (MIT)//www. j av a2 s .co m * * Copyright (c) 2016 Dalibor Drgo? <emptychannelmc@gmail.com> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<String> toStringColl(Collection<?> set) { List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); toStringColl(list, set); return list; } public static void toStringColl(Collection<String> out, Iterable<?> set) { Iterator<?> it = set.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Object next = it.next(); if (next == null) { out.add(null); } else { out.add(next.toString()); } } } }