Best way to create an array of Strings in a called method

From: Bob Brown (privatemailinglists_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: 30 Jun 2004 07:41:47 -0700

Hi all,

I've been a programmer for yonks including with C++ and have recently
started using Java.

I know that when you pass classes as arguments to methods they are
references to the class. So this means that to return a completely
new instance of a class you must create an instance of the class
first. Is this correct?

Thus, if I want a method to return an array of Strings, then I must do
this by having something like an ArrayList returned. Thus I would
have

public void setStringArray(ArrayList tcStringArray) {
  String lString=new String("one");
  tcStringArray.add(lString);
  ....
}

public void dosomething() {
  ....
  ArrayList lAL = new ArrayList();
  setStringArray(lAL);
  // convert lAL to an array of Strings now using toArray() but I'm
yet to work out how!
}

Given what I understand of references (and that Java doesn't use
pointers), this seems to be the only way you can create an array of
Strings in a called method. Am I correct? Is there a cleaner way to
arrange this? How does everybody like to write this?

Thankyou,

BB

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