How do I convert an array to a list in Java?
I used the Arrays.asList() but the behavior (and signature) somehow changed from Java SE 1.4.2 (docs now in archive) to 8 and most snippets I found on the web use the 1.4.2 behaviour.
For example:
int[] spam = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };
Arrays.asList(spam)
In many cases it should be easy to detect, but sometimes it can slip unnoticed:
Assert.assertTrue(Arrays.asList(spam).indexOf(4) == -1);
转载于:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2607289/converting-array-to-list-in-java
In your example, it is because you can't have a List of a primitive type. In other words, List<int> is not possible. You can, however, have a List<Integer>.
Integer[] spam = new Integer[] { 1, 2, 3 };
Arrays.asList(spam);
That works as expected.
The problem is that varargs got introduced in Java5 and unfortunately, Arrays.asList() got overloaded with a vararg version too. So Arrays.asList(spam) is understood by the Java5 compiler as a vararg parameter of int arrays.
This problem is explained in more details in Effective Java 2nd Ed., Chapter 7, Item 42.
you have to cast in to array
Arrays.asList((Object[]) array)
I recently had to convert an array to a List. Later on the program filtered the list attempting to remove the data. When you use the Arrays.asList(array) function, you create a fixed size collection: you can neither add nor delete. This entry explains the problem better than I can: Why do I get an UnsupportedOperationException when trying to remove an element from a List?.
In the end, I had to do a "manual" conversion:
List<ListItem> items = new ArrayList<ListItem>();
for (ListItem item: itemsArray) {
items.add(item);
}
I suppose I could have added conversion from an array to a list using an List.addAll(items) operation.
Speaking about conversion way, it depends on why do you need your List. If you need it just to read data. OK, here you go:
Integer[] values = { 1, 3, 7 };
List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(values);
But then if you do something like this:
list.add(1);
you get java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException. So for some cases you even need this:
Integer[] values = { 1, 3, 7 };
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>(Arrays.asList(values));
First approach actually does not convert array but 'represents' it like a List. But array is under the hood with all its properties like fixed number of elements. Please note you need to specify type when constructing ArrayList.
In Java 8, you can use streams:
int[] spam = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };
Arrays.stream(spam)
.boxed()
.collect(Collectors.toList());
Another workaround if you use apache commons-lang:
int[] spam = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };
Arrays.asList(ArrayUtils.toObject(spam));
Where ArrayUtils.toObject converts int[] to Integer[]
It seems little late but here are my two cents. We cannot have List<int> as int is a primitive type so we can only have List<Integer>.
int[] ints = new int[] {1,2,3,4,5};
List<Integer> list11 =Arrays.stream(ints).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList());
Integer[] integers = new Integer[] {1,2,3,4,5};
List<Integer> list21 = Arrays.asList(integers); // Cannot modify returned list
List<Integer> list22 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(integers)); // good
List<Integer> list23 = Arrays.stream(integers).collect(Collectors.toList()); //Java 8 only
In case we want a specific implementation of List e.g. ArrayList then we can use toCollection as:
ArrayList<Integer> list24 = Arrays.stream(integers)
.collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
Why list21 cannot be structurally modified?
When we use Arrays.asList the size of the returned list is fixed because the list returned is not java.util.ArrayList, but a private static class defined inside java.util.Arrays. So if we add or remove elements from the returned list, an UnsupportedOperationException will be thrown. So we should go with list22 when we want to modify the list. If we have Java8 then we can also go with list23.
To be clear list21 can be modified in sense that we can call list21.set(index,element) but this list may not be structurally modified i.e. cannot add or remove elements from the list. You can also check this question.
If we want an immutable list then we can wrap it as:
List<Integer> list 22 = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(integers));
Another point to note is that the method Collections.unmodifiableList returns an unmodifiable view of the specified list. An unmodifiable view collection is a collection that is unmodifiable and is also a view onto a backing collection. Note that changes to the backing collection might still be possible, and if they occur, they are visible through the unmodifiable view.
We can have a truly immutable list in Java 10.
List.copyOf(Arrays.asList(integers))Arrays.stream(integers).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());Also check this answer of mine for more.
One-liner:
List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(new Integer[] {1, 2, 3, 4});
Even shorter:
List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4);
If you are targeting Java 8 (or later), you can try this:
int[] numbers = new int[] {1, 2, 3, 4};
List<Integer> integers = Arrays.stream(numbers)
.boxed().collect(Collectors.<Integer>toList());
NOTE:
Pay attention to the Collectors.<Integer>toList(), this generic method helps you to avoid the error "Type mismatch: cannot convert from List<Object> to List<Integer>".
This is the simplest way to convert an array to List. However, if you try to add a new element or remove an existing element from the list, an UnsupportedOperationException will be thrown.
Integer[] existingArray = {1, 2, 3};
List<Integer> list1 = Arrays.asList(existingArray);
List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
// WARNING:
list2.add(1); // Unsupported operation!
list2.remove(1); // Unsupported operation!
You can use a for loop to add all the elements of the array into a List implementation, e.g. ArrayList:
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i : new int[]{1, 2, 3}) {
list.add(i);
}
You can turn the array into a stream, then collect the stream using different collectors: The default collector in Java 8 use ArrayList behind the screen, but you can also impose your preferred implementation.
List<Integer> list1, list2, list3;
list1 = Stream.of(1, 2, 3).collect(Collectors.toList());
list2 = Stream.of(1, 2, 3).collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
list3 = Stream.of(1, 2, 3).collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedList::new));
See also:
use two line of code to convert array to list if you use it in integer value you must use autoboxing type for primitive data type
Integer [] arr={1,2};
Arrays.asList(arr);
So it depends on which Java version you are trying-
Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
OR
final String arr[] = new String[] { "G", "E", "E", "K" };
final List<String> initialList = new ArrayList<String>() {{
add("C");
add("O");
add("D");
add("I");
add("N");
}};
// Elements of the array are appended at the end
Collections.addAll(initialList, arr);
OR
Integer[] arr = new Integer[] { 1, 2, 3 };
Arrays.asList(arr);
int[] num = new int[] {1, 2, 3};
List<Integer> list = Arrays.stream(num)
.boxed().collect(Collectors.<Integer>toList())
Reference - http://www.codingeek.com/java/how-to-convert-array-to-list-in-java/
If this helps: I've had the same problem and simply wrote a generic function that takes an array and returns an ArrayList of the same type with the same contents:
public static <T> ArrayList<T> ArrayToArrayList(T[] array) {
ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<T>();
for(T elmt : array) list.add(elmt);
return list;
}
In Java 9 you have the even more elegant solution of using immutable lists via the new convenience factory method List.of:
List<String> immutableList = List.of("one","two","three");
(shamelessly copied from here )
Using Guava:
Integer[] array = { 1, 2, 3};
List<Integer> list = Lists.newArrayList(sourceArray);
Using Apache Commons Collections:
Integer[] array = { 1, 2, 3};
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>(6);
CollectionUtils.addAll(list, array);