Aha! Thanx, that will do it! --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris von See" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 7:13 PM Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: so Sina... Try using this: public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> = java.util.Arrays.toList(args); } On Dec 13, 2010, at 5:08 PM, qubit wrote: > I guess I'm missing something in your answer. On the one hand you > say I > can't initialize List<String> list with an array without a loop, (I > can > handle that), but then you say > >> You can feed that array to various lists which will > take an >> array, and >> then you'll have it as a list. > > Are you saying that there is a feed method in class ArrayList that > will take > the whole arg list array? > Or are you saying I can pass an ArrayList<String as an arg that > takes an > array, or args to something that takes an ArrayList<String>? > (Obviously the > last does not work.) > > The point is that I have a method in Process or ProcessBuilder (I > don't > remember which) that takes a List<String>, so I am naturally > assuming that > that is easier to come by. > > Oh, heck, I may just post the files without testing, but I figured > it would > save someone else a little pain if I got them to work. > > Anyone who wants to enlighten my misunderstanding of java please > comment. > Thanx. > --le > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:07 PM > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: so Sina... > > > You don't. it comes in as an array. > > You can feed that array to various lists which will take an array, > and then > you'll have it as a list. > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:56 PM > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [brailleblaster] so Sina... > > If I can mix and match ByteArrays, what's wrong with this, and how > do I get > a List<String> out of args without a loop? > And you think C++ is a tortuous pain... > --le > > > >