Java Comma Separated List getStringList(List list, boolean useComma, boolean useBrackets, String comma)

Description

List the toString out put of the objects in the List that can be comma separated.

License

GNU General Public License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	list of objects with toString methods
useComma	true if the list has to be comma separated
useBrackets	true if the list has to be enclosed in brackets

Return

comma separated list of the elements in the list

Declaration

public static String getStringList(List<?> list, boolean useComma,
        boolean useBrackets, String comma) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * List the toString out put of the objects in the List comma separated. If
     * the List is null or empty an empty string is returned.
     *
     * The same as getStringList(list, true, false)
     *
     * @see #getStringList(List, boolean, boolean)
     * @param list
     *            list of objects with toString methods
     * @return comma separated list of the elements in the list
     */
    public static String getStringList(List<?> list) {
        return getStringList(list, true, false);
    }

    /**
     * List the toString out put of the objects in the List that can be comma
     * separated. If the List is null or empty an empty string is returned.
     *
     * @param list
     *            list of objects with toString methods
     * @param useComma
     *            true if the list has to be comma separated
     * @param useBrackets
     *            true if the list has to be enclosed in brackets
     * @return comma separated list of the elements in the list
     */
    public static String getStringList(List<?> list, boolean useComma,
            boolean useBrackets, String comma) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        if (!useComma) {
            comma = "";
        }
        if (list != null) {
            if (useBrackets) {
                buffer.append("(");
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
                buffer.append(list.get(i)).append(
                        (i < list.size() - 1) ? comma : "");
            }

            if (useBrackets) {
                buffer.append(")");
            }
        }

        return buffer.toString();
    }

    public static String getStringList(List<?> list, boolean useComma,
            boolean useBrackets) {
        return getStringList(list, useComma, useBrackets, ",");
    }
}

Related

1. getCommaSeparatedList(List list)
2. getCommaSeparatedListOfString( Collection list)
3. getCommaSeparatedValue(List> enumList)
4. getCommaSeparatedValues(List values)
5. getListAsCommaSeparatedString(List list)
6. getStringListFromCommaSeparatedString(String input)
7. humanReadableCommandLineOutput(List arguments)
8. implodeCommaAnd(List list, String comma, String and)
9. listToComma(List list)