Here you can find the source of copy(Collection
public static <T> List<T> copy(Collection<T> collection)
//package com.java2s; /*// w ww . java 2 s . co m * #%L * ===================================================== * _____ _ ____ _ _ _ _ * |_ _|_ __ _ _ ___| |_ / __ \| | | | ___ | | | | * | | | '__| | | / __| __|/ / _` | |_| |/ __|| |_| | * | | | | | |_| \__ \ |_| | (_| | _ |\__ \| _ | * |_| |_| \__,_|___/\__|\ \__,_|_| |_||___/|_| |_| * \____/ * * ===================================================== * * Hochschule Hannover * (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover) * Faculty IV, Dept. of Computer Science * Ricklinger Stadtweg 118, 30459 Hannover, Germany * * Email: trust@f4-i.fh-hannover.de * Website: http://trust.f4.hs-hannover.de/ * * This file is part of irond, version 0.5.3, implemented by the Trust@HsH * research group at the Hochschule Hannover. * %% * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2015 Trust@HsH * %% * 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. * #L% */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static <T> List<T> copy(Collection<T> collection) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") List<T> ret = (List<T>) provideListFor(Object.class); ret.addAll(collection); return ret; } public static <T> List<T> provideListFor(Class<T> c) { return new ArrayList<T>(); } }