Combine arrays in Java

Combine arrays in Java

Methods to merge (merge, concat) arrays in Java

  public static <T> T[] concat(final T[] array1, final T... array2) {
    final Class<?> type1 = array1.getClass().getComponentType();
    final T[] joinedArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type1, array1.length + array2.length);
    System.arraycopy(array1, 0, joinedArray, 0, array1.length);
    System.arraycopy(array2, 0, joinedArray, array1.length, array2.length);
    return joinedArray;
  }

Joining String arrays

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class ConcatArray {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    String[] str1 = { "a", "b", "c" };
    String[] str2 = { "d", "e", "f" };

    String[] concatStr = concat(str1, str2);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(concatStr));

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> T[] concat(final T[] array1, final T... array2) {
    final Class<?> type1 = array1.getClass().getComponentType();
    final T[] joinedArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type1, array1.length + array2.length);
    System.arraycopy(array1, 0, joinedArray, 0, array1.length);
    System.arraycopy(array2, 0, joinedArray, array1.length, array2.length);
    return joinedArray;
  }
}

result

[a, b, c, d, e, f]

Joining Integer arrays

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class ConcatArray2 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Integer[] int1 = { 1, 2, 3 };
    Integer[] concatInt = concat(int1, 4, 5, 6);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(concatInt));

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> T[] concat(final T[] array1, final T... array2) {
    final Class<?> type1 = array1.getClass().getComponentType();
    final T[] joinedArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type1, array1.length + array2.length);
    System.arraycopy(array1, 0, joinedArray, 0, array1.length);
    System.arraycopy(array2, 0, joinedArray, array1.length, array2.length);
    return joinedArray;
  }
}

result

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Joining object arrays

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class ConcatArray3 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    class Person {
      public String name;
      public int age;

      public Person(String name, int age) {
        super();
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
      }

      @Override
      public String toString() {
        return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age + "]";
      }

    }

    Person[] person1 = { new Person("Tom", 10), new Person("Jenny", 15) };
    Person[] person2 = { new Person("John", 18), new Person("Jack", 22) };

    Person[] concatPerson = concat(person1, person2);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(concatPerson));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> T[] concat(final T[] array1, final T... array2) {
    final Class<?> type1 = array1.getClass().getComponentType();
    final T[] joinedArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type1, array1.length + array2.length);
    System.arraycopy(array1, 0, joinedArray, 0, array1.length);
    System.arraycopy(array2, 0, joinedArray, array1.length, array2.length);
    return joinedArray;
  }
}

result

[Person [name=Tom, age=10], Person [name=Jenny, age=15], Person [name=John, age=18], Person [name=Jack, age=22]]