Here you can find the source of join(Collection
public static String join(Collection<String> strings, String delimiter)
//package com.java2s; /*//from www . j a v a 2 s .c o m * Syncany, www.syncany.org * Copyright (C) 2011 Philipp C. Heckel <philipp.heckel@gmail.com> * * 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> strings, String delimiter) { return join((String[]) strings.toArray(new String[0]), delimiter); } public static String join(Object[] objects, String delimiter) { StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) { result.append(objects[i]); if (i != objects.length - 1) result.append(delimiter); } return result.toString(); } }