Converting 'ArrayList to 'String[]' in Java

Question

How might I convert an ArrayList object to a String[] array in Java?

Answer 1

    List list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.add("a");
    list.add("b");
    list.add("c");
    String [] strArry= list.stream().toArray(size -> new String[size]);

Per comments, I have added a paragraph to explain how the conversion works. First, List is converted to a String stream. Then it uses Stream.toArray to convert the elements in the stream to an Array. In the last statement above "size -> new String[size]" is actually an IntFunction function that allocates a String array with the size of the String stream. The statement is identical to

IntFunction allocateFunc = size -> { 
return new String[size];
};   
String [] strArry= list.stream().toArray(allocateFunc);