Fastest way to get the first n elements of a List into an Array

Question

What is the fastest way to get the first n elements of a list stored in an array?

Considering this as the scenario:

int n = 10;
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Answer 1

It mostly depends on how big n is.

If n==0, nothing beats option#1 :)

If n is very large, toArray(new String[n]) is faster.