Convert list to array in Java [duplicate]

Answer 1

I came across this code snippet that solves it.

//Creating a sample ArrayList 
List list = new ArrayList();

//Adding some long type values
list.add(100l);
list.add(200l);
list.add(300l);

//Converting the ArrayList to a Long
Long[] array = (Long[]) list.toArray(new Long[list.size()]);

//Printing the results
System.out.println(array[0] + " " + array[1] + " " + array[2]);

The conversion works as follows:

1. It creates a new Long array, with the size of the original list
2. It converts the original ArrayList to an array using the newly created one
3. It casts that array into a Long array (Long[]), which I appropriately named 'array'