Java Collection to String collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collection list)

Description

Convert a List of Strings to a comma delimited String.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	a parameter

Return

Returns the List as a comma delimited String. Returns an empty String for a Null or empty list.

Declaration

public static String collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collection<String> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w ww.jav  a2s .  co  m*/
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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert a List of Strings to a comma delimited String.
     *
     * @param list
     * @return Returns the List as a comma delimited String. Returns an empty
     *         String for a Null or empty list.
     */
    public static String collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collection<String> list) {
        if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) {
            return "";
        }

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        final Iterator<String> it = list.iterator();

        while (it.hasNext()) {

            sb.append(it.next());

            if (it.hasNext()) {
                sb.append(", ");
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. asStringArray(Collection collection)
2. buildString(Collection args, String seperator, int startingArg, int maxLength)
3. buildString(Collection keys)
4. buildStringFromListForNuma(Collection list)
5. collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collection items)
6. collectionToCommaSeparatedString(Collection elementCollection)
7. collectionToCommaSeparatedString(List list)
8. collectionToCommaString(Collection bundleSelection)
9. collectionToCSString(Collection col)