How to convert an array into a collection object?

Below java code example shows how to convert an array into a Collection object. To convert array-based data into list/collection, we can use java.util.Arrays class. This class provide a static method asList(Object[] a) that converts array into list / collection.

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package com.kodehelp.javautil;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by https://kodehelp.com Date: 10/6/11
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public class ArrayToCollection {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        String[] array = { "TOM", "JACK", "JILL", "JANE" };
        List list = Arrays.asList(array);

        Iterator iterator;
        iterator = list.iterator();
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println((String) iterator.next());
        }
    }
}

OUTPUT:

TOM
JACK
JILL
JANE