Here you can find the source of convertToArray(Collection collection)
public static Object convertToArray(Collection collection)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j av a 2 s. c o m * BackwardCompatibilityHelper.java * * Tigase Jabber/XMPP Server * Copyright (C) 2004-2016 "Tigase, Inc." <office@tigase.com> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder. * If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. */ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { public static Object convertToArray(Collection collection) { Iterator iter = collection.iterator(); if (!iter.hasNext()) return null; Class objCls = iter.next().getClass(); if (objCls == Integer.class) { return convertToIntArray(collection); } else if (objCls == Long.class) { return convertToLongArray(collection); } else if (objCls == Double.class) { return convertToDoubleArray(collection); } else if (objCls == Float.class) { return convertToFloatArray(collection); } else if (objCls == Boolean.class) { return convertToBoolArray(collection); } else if (objCls == String.class) { return convertToStringArray(collection); } return null; } public static Object convertToIntArray(Collection col) { int[] arr = new int[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { Number v = (Number) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v.intValue(); } return arr; } public static Object convertToLongArray(Collection col) { long[] arr = new long[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { Number v = (Number) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v.longValue(); } return arr; } public static Object convertToDoubleArray(Collection col) { double[] arr = new double[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { Number v = (Number) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v.doubleValue(); } return arr; } public static Object convertToFloatArray(Collection col) { float[] arr = new float[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { Number v = (Number) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v.floatValue(); } return arr; } public static Object convertToBoolArray(Collection col) { boolean[] arr = new boolean[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { Boolean v = (Boolean) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v.booleanValue(); } return arr; } public static Object convertToStringArray(Collection col) { String[] arr = new String[col.size()]; int pos = 0; Iterator iter = col.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { String v = (String) iter.next(); arr[pos++] = v; } return arr; } }