Is there a way to join strings, each with a specific surrounding string?

Question

I\'m looking to use guava\'s Joiner to join List into one string, but with surrounding strings around each one in the list. So I want

Answer 1

The way to do this is with a transform, first:

 Joiner.on(", ").join(Iterables.transform(names, new Function() {
   public String apply(String str) { return "your guest " + str + " is here"; }
 }));