Here you can find the source of join(List
public static <T> String join(List<T> entries, String separator)
//package com.java2s; /*//from www . j av a 2s . c o m Copyright (C) 2016 S?bastien Le Callonnec This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static <T> String join(List<T> entries, String separator) { if (entries == null) { return null; } StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(); Iterator<T> iterEntries = entries.iterator(); while (iterEntries.hasNext()) { T entry = iterEntries.next(); if (entry != null) { output.append(entry.toString().trim()); if (iterEntries.hasNext() && separator != null) { output.append(separator); } } } return output.toString(); } }