jaggregate
Class Arrays

java.lang.Object
  jaggregate.Arrays

public class Arrays
extends Object

Utility class containing methods that work with arrays.

Version:

$Id: Arrays.java,v 1.3 2008/03/30 03:07:10 pholser Exp $

Author:

Paul Holser

Method Summary

static <E> E[]

arrayWith(E... items) Creates and answers an array containing the given items.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

arrayWith

public static <E> E[] arrayWith(E... items)

Creates and answers an array containing the given items.

This is a more expressive, less repetitive way to create arrays. For example:

   Integer[] littlePrimes = arrayWith( 2, 3, 5, 7 );
 

versus

   Integer[] littlePrimes = new Integer[] { 2, 3, 5, 7 };
 

Type Parameters:

E - the type of the items

Parameters:

items - a variable-length list of items

Returns:

the items as an array

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the varargs list is null

IllegalArgumentException - if the varargs list is of length zero

See Also:

Java 5 syntax tricks to keep you DRY