Here you can find the source of join(Collection
public static String join(Collection<String> collection)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w .j a va 2 s .c o m*/ Multipass, Nukkit permissions plugin Copyright (C) 2016 fromgate, nukkit.ru This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU 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.Collection; public class Main { public static String join(Collection<String> collection) { return join(collection, ", "); } public static String join(String[] ln, int num) { if (ln.length == 0) return ""; StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < ln.length; i++) { if (i < num) continue; if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append(" "); sb.append(ln[i]); } return sb.toString(); } public static String join(Collection<String> collection, String divider) { if (divider == null) divider = " "; StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (String s : collection) { if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append(divider); sb.append(s); } return sb.toString(); } }