Java string to date conversion

That’s the hard way, and those java.util.Date setter methods have been deprecated since Java 1.1 (1997). Moreover, the whole java.util.Date class was de-facto deprecated (discommended) since introduction of java.time API in Java 8 (2014). Simply format the date using DateTimeFormatter with a pattern matching the input string (the tutorial is available here). In your specific case of “January 2, 2010” as the input … Read more

Converting array to list in Java

In your example, it is because you can’t have a List of a primitive type. In other words, List<int> is not possible. You can, however, have a List<Integer> using the Integer class that wraps the int primitive. Convert your array to a List with the Arrays.asList utility method.

Converting array to list in Java

In your example, it is because you can’t have a List of a primitive type. In other words, List<int> is not possible. You can, however, have a List<Integer> using the Integer class that wraps the int primitive. Convert your array to a List with the Arrays.asList utility method. See this code run live at IdeOne.com.