convert string to list

[isme]

how to convert string to java.util.list, to return back as a list

String obj = (String) list1.get(0);

[Eranga]

String can be use as an element of a list. What you really means by converting to a list?

[isme]

from this class it return as java.util.list

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while(rs.next()){
List list = new ArrayList();
String x1 = rs.getString("x");
list.add(x1);

list1.add(list);

now need to convert it so that it return as well as java.util.list to here..but how?

String obj = (String) list1.get(0);

[gcalvin]

Well, you can't just convert a List to a String. You have added your List list to what appears to be another List list1. So you can't just pull a String off of list1 -- you have to pull a List off, and then you can pull a String out of that.

If you share more of your code, maybe we can help you find where you are getting confused.

-Gary-

[isme]

String obj = (String) list1.get(0);

this line is giving me java.lang.ClassCastException

i do not know how to convert it

[gcalvin]

this line is giving me java.lang.ClassCastException

i do not know how to convert it

As I told you, you can't convert it. You didn't add() a String to list1, you added a List to it.

String x1 = rs.getString("x");
list.add(x1);

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So you can't get() a String from there -- you can only get() a List -- and then that List has a String on it.

-Gary-

[isme]

still having error here

String obj = (String) list1.get(0);

[isme]

protected List....
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List list1 = new ArrayList();
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while(rs.next()){
List list = new ArrayList();
String x1 = rs.getString("x");
list.add(x1);

list1.add(list);

in other class :

protected void ....
if (list1 !=null && list1.size() >0)
{ String obj = (String) list1.get(0);

those read line giving me error on java.lang.ClassCastException

[Tolls]

Instead of using ArrayList and List, use the proper format ArrayList<String>, ArrayList<WhateverClassYouAreStoring>, that sort of thing.

That way you might actually find out what you are storing in the List.

You have been told several times now that you are trying to cast a List (which is what list1.get(0) is returning) into a String, and that is an illegal operation.

[isme]

so what exactly the correct way should i code?

[j2me64]

so what exactly the correct way should i code?

example

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class ListExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
		list.add("String 1");
		list.add("String 2");
		String s = list.get(0);
		System.out.println(s);
	}
}

[Tolls]

so what exactly the correct way should i code?

Who knows?
We don't know your requirements.

You seem to be getting stuff out of a db and sticking them into a List of Lists of Strings. Which to me flags a warning that you should be creating objects of some sort of class that contains fields that represent your data.

[isme]

yes thats true.

[RamyaSivakanth]

that too in you code snippet you are creating the frest list for each and every traversal in ResultSet loop.
How will it maintain all the elements?

[Tolls]

They're populating a List<List<String>>, though it's not declared as such.
So the List created in the loop through the resultset is the inner list, one for each result.

[Norm]

String obj = (String) list1.get(0)

Perhaps you could see what list1.get(0) is by using println() to show it before doing the assignment.

[Tolls]

It's a List.
from earlier -

List list1 = new ArrayList();
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while(rs.next()){
    List list = new ArrayList();
    String x1 = rs.getString("x");
    list.add(x1);

    list1.add(list);
}

ETA: They're basically taking the resultset and turning each row in to a List<String>, and sticking them into a List<List<String>>. All because, I presume, they can't be bothered to create a proper object for the data.

[isme]

so what should i change to return back same as the earlier code for this line?

String obj = (String) list1.get(0)

[gcalvin]

so what should i change to return back same as the earlier code for this line?

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        List newList = (List)(list1.get(0));
        String obj = (String)(newList.get(0));
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That's a best guess based on the code you've shown us, but you've never shown us all the code, so I can't be sure if it's what you want. But more importantly, you really should review the concepts here, and investigate the generic forms of List and ArrayList.

-Gary-

[Tolls]

Yes.
Without the requirements, essentially, we can't give you a reasonable solution.
As I said above, it looks to me like you are avoiding writing Java properly. List<List<String>> created from a ResultSet is usually a sign you're missing a class somewhere, and it should be List<MyClass>.