Joins array elements into a single String without specifying the start index and end index.
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class Main {
/**
* <p>Joins the elements of the provided array into a single String
* containing the provided list of elements.</p>
*
* <p>No delimiter is added before or after the list.
* A <code>null</code> separator is the same as an empty String ("").
* Null objects or empty strings within the array are represented by
* empty strings.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.join(null, *) = null
* StringUtils.join([], *) = ""
* StringUtils.join([null], *) = ""
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "--") = "a--b--c"
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], null) = "abc"
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "") = "abc"
* StringUtils.join([null, "", "a"], ',') = ",,a"
* </pre>
*
* @param array the array of values to join together, may be null
* @param separator the separator character to use, null treated as ""
* @return the joined String, <code>null</code> if null array input
*/
public static String join(Object[] array, String separator) {
if (array == null) {
return null;
}
return join(array, separator, 0, array.length);
}
/**
* <p>Joins the elements of the provided array into a single String
* containing the provided list of elements.</p>
*
* <p>No delimiter is added before or after the list.
* A <code>null</code> separator is the same as an empty String ("").
* Null objects or empty strings within the array are represented by
* empty strings.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.join(null, *) = null
* StringUtils.join([], *) = ""
* StringUtils.join([null], *) = ""
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "--") = "a--b--c"
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], null) = "abc"
* StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "") = "abc"
* StringUtils.join([null, "", "a"], ',') = ",,a"
* </pre>
*
* @param array the array of values to join together, may be null
* @param separator the separator character to use, null treated as ""
* @param startIndex the first index to start joining from. It is
* an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
* @param endIndex the index to stop joining from (exclusive). It is
* an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
* @return the joined String, <code>null</code> if null array input
*/
public static String join(Object[] array, String separator, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
if (array == null) {
return null;
}
if (separator == null) {
separator = "";
}
// endIndex - startIndex > 0: Len = NofStrings *(len(firstString) + len(separator))
// (Assuming that all Strings are roughly equally long)
int bufSize = (endIndex - startIndex);
if (bufSize <= 0) {
return "";
}
bufSize *= ((array[startIndex] == null ? 16 : array[startIndex].toString().length())
+ separator.length());
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(bufSize);
for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
if (i > startIndex) {
buf.append(separator);
}
if (array[i] != null) {
buf.append(array[i]);
}
}
return buf.toString();
}
}