Re: Getting primitive array out of array of wrapper type
"Hendrik Maryns" <hendrik_maryns@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:f07f5b$3u0$1@newsserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de...
I was wondering whether there is some API function which gives me a
boolean[] if I have a Boolean[]. Unfortunately, autoboxing does not
work for arrays.
No, you have to iterate and convert
I want to have a varags method and make a list of the arguments, like
this:
public static SignatureSymbol getInstance(final boolean... elements) {
final List<Boolean> symbolList = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
for (boolean element : elements) symbolList.add(element); // one extra line
// this gives compiler error
SignatureSymbol result = SignatureSymbol.instances.get(symbolList);
// this needs List<Boolean>
if (result == null) {
boolean[] elems = primitiveArray(elements);
result = new SignatureSymbol(elems); // but this needs boolean[]
SignatureSymbol.instances.put(symbolList, result);
}
return result;
}
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