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Joins the elements of Iterator into a single with char value as separator
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
public class Main {
/**
* <p>Joins the elements of the provided <code>Iterator</code> into
* a single String containing the provided elements.</p>
*
* <p>No delimiter is added before or after the list. Null objects or empty
* strings within the iteration are represented by empty strings.</p>
*
* <p>See the examples here: {@link #join(Object[],char)}. </p>
*
* @param iterator the <code>Iterator</code> of values to join together, may be null
* @param separator the separator character to use
* @return the joined String, <code>null</code> if null iterator input
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String join(Iterator iterator, char separator) {
// handle null, zero and one elements before building a buffer
if (iterator == null) {
return null;
}
if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
return "";
}
Object first = iterator.next();
if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
return toString(first);
}
// two or more elements
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(256); // Java default is 16, probably too small
if (first != null) {
buf.append(first);
}
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
buf.append(separator);
Object obj = iterator.next();
if (obj != null) {
buf.append(obj);
}
}
return buf.toString();
}
// ToString
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Gets the <code>toString</code> of an <code>Object</code> returning
* an empty string ("") if <code>null</code> input.</p>
*
* <pre>
* ObjectUtils.toString(null) = ""
* ObjectUtils.toString("") = ""
* ObjectUtils.toString("bat") = "bat"
* ObjectUtils.toString(Boolean.TRUE) = "true"
* </pre>
*
* @see StringUtils#defaultString(String)
* @see String#valueOf(Object)
* @param obj the Object to <code>toString</code>, may be null
* @return the passed in Object's toString, or nullStr if <code>null</code> input
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String toString(Object obj) {
return obj == null ? "" : obj.toString();
}
}
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