Here you can find the source of merge(Collection
public static String merge(Collection<String> strings, char separator)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w .j a v a 2 s . co m*/ * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more * details. */ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { public static String merge(Collection<String> strings, char separator) { if (strings.isEmpty()) { return ""; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (String s : strings) { sb.append(s); sb.append(separator); } sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1); return sb.toString(); } }