Re: Java Collections List : Converting from List '<Column <String1, String2>>' to 'List <String1>'

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:57:19 -0500
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<ijra47$2an$1@news.albasani.net>
On 02/20/2011 06:04 AM, Wanja Gayk wrote:

In article<8f13c843-eced-41f8-b20b-901979548436
@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com>, asdkl93@gmail.com says...

I have a function that returns a list like this:-

List<Column<String1, String2>>

Next I want to pass this list to a 2nd function, but 2nd function just needs a list which contains only 1st part (string1) of the Column(s) of the above list.

So I want pass just this list to 2nd function:-

List<String1>

What would be the best way to do this ??

[my use case: Both the functions are from a library that I use to
access database(Cassandra) for a web application. 1st function gives
me a list of all columns which has two parts name(String1) and value
(String2). So 1st function gives me a list of all columns(each of
which has two strings) then I just need to use the list of column
names to supply it to 2nd function that'll query the DB for those
columns.]


Naive Solution:

List<String> names= new ArrayList<String>();


This does not fulfill the OP's condition that the list's base type be 'String1'.

A singularly poorly-named type, to be sure, but the one they asked for.

--
Lew
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