java cast arraylist to array code example

Example 1: java arraylist to array

List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add("a");
list.add("ab");
list.add("abc");
list.add("abcd");
// convert
String[] array = list.toArray();

Example 2: how to cast arraylist to array in java

import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ListToArray {
   public static void main(String args[]){
      ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
      list.add("Apple");
      list.add("Orange");
      list.add("Banana");

      System.out.println("Contents of list ::"+list);
      String[] myArray = new String[list.size()];
      list.toArray(myArray);

      for(int i=0; i<myArray.length; i++){
         System.out.println("Element at the index "+i+" is ::"+myArray[i]);
      }
   }
}

Example 3: array to arraylist

new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(array));