Converting ArrayList of Characters to a String?

Question

How to convert an ArrayList to a String in Java? The toString method returns it as [a,b,c] string - I wa

Answer 1

 private void countChar() throws IOException {
    HashMap hashMap = new HashMap();
    List list = new ArrayList();
    list = "aammit".chars().mapToObj(r -> (char) r).collect(Collectors.toList());
    list.stream().forEach(e -> {
        hashMap.computeIfPresent(e, (K, V) -> (int) V + 1);
        hashMap.computeIfAbsent(e, (V) -> 1);
    });

    System.out.println(hashMap);

}