Java Collection Join join(final Collection items, final String inBetween)

Description

Construct a string by toString()ing each item in the collection with inBetween between each item.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String join(final Collection<?> items,
        final String inBetween) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    /** Construct a string by toString()ing each item in the collection with inBetween between each item. */
    public static String join(final Collection<?> items,
            final String inBetween) {
        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (final Object item : items) {
            if (builder.length() > 0)
                builder.append(inBetween);
            builder.append(item);
        }

        return builder.toString();
    }
}

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