Java List to String toString(List list)

Description

Convert to string a list of T objects.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	List of objects to convert to string
T	Type of objects stored in the List

Return

String representation of the provided list

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w  w . j  a  v a  2 s . c  o m
 * Copyright 2014 Midokura SARL
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert to string a list of T objects.  This is the List version of
     * Arrays.toString.  Just like in Arrays.toString, all null objects are
     * converted to strings 'null', including the input argument.  Thus,
     * it is safe to call this method and pass in null as the argument.
     *
     * @param list List of objects to convert to string
     * @param <T> Type of objects stored in the List
     * @return String representation of the provided list
     */
    public static <T> String toString(List<T> list) {

        return list == null ? "null" : Arrays.toString(list.toArray());
    }
}

Related

1. toString(List list)
2. toString(List list, String delimiter)
3. toString(List list, String split)
4. toString(List strings)
5. toString(List strings)
6. toString(List list)
7. toString(List list)
8. toStringClassList(List list)
9. toStringDelimited(final Iterable list, final String delimiter)