Java List to String listToString(List list)

Description

list To String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static <T> String listToString(List<T> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 *
 *   Copyright (c) 2008 Fujitsu Services Ltd.
 *
 *   Author: Nick Battle/*from  w w w .jav  a  2 s  .  co  m*/
 *
 *   This file is part of VDMJ.
 *
 *   VDMJ 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.
 *
 *   VDMJ 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 VDMJ.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static <T> String listToString(List<T> list) {
        return listToString("", list, ", ", "");
    }

    public static <T> String listToString(List<T> list, String separator) {
        return listToString("", list, separator, "");
    }

    public static <T> String listToString(String before, List<T> list, String separator, String after) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(before);

        if (!list.isEmpty()) {
            sb.append(list.get(0).toString());

            for (int i = 1; i < list.size(); i++) {
                sb.append(separator);
                sb.append(list.get(i).toString());
            }
        }

        sb.append(after);
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static <T> String listToString(String separator, List<T> list) {
        return listToString("", separator, list, "");
    }

    public static <T> String listToString(String before, String separator, List<T> list, String after) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(before);

        if (!list.isEmpty()) {
            sb.append(separator);
            sb.append(list.get(0).toString());

            for (int i = 1; i < list.size(); i++) {
                sb.append(separator);
                sb.append(list.get(i).toString());
            }
        }

        sb.append(after);
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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