Java: How to convert String[] to List or Set

Asked 2012-08-16T11:58:31.857

How to convert String[] (Array) to Collection, like ArrayList or HashSet?

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Arrays.asList() would do the trick here.

String[] words = {"ace", "boom", "crew", "dog", "eon"};   

List<String> wordList = Arrays.asList(words);

For converting to Set, you can do as below

Set<T> mySet = new HashSet<T>(Arrays.asList(words));

answered 2012-08-16T12:02:02.627

java.util.Arrays.asList(new String[]{"a", "b"})

answered 2012-08-16T12:00:08.883