how to get column names in dataframe code example

Example: get column names as list

public static List getColumnNames(){


        List columnList = new ArrayList<>();
        try {
            ResultSetMetaData rsMetaData = rs.getMetaData();
            for (int colNum = 1; colNum < getColumnCount()  ; colNum++) {
                columnList.add(rsMetaData.getColumnLabel(colNum));
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
       System.out.println("ERROR WHILE GETTING COLUMN NAMES "+ e.getMessage());
        }

        return columnList;
    }