public static String [ ] toStringArray ( final Object value ) { if ( value == null ) { return new String [ 0 ] ; } Class < ? > type = value . getClass ( ) ; if ( ! type . isArray ( ) ) { return new String [ ] { value . toString ( ) } ; } Class componentType = type . getComponentType ( ) ; if ( componentType . isPrimitive ( ) ) { if ( componentType == int . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( int [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == long . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( long [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == double . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( double [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == float . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( float [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == boolean . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( boolean [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == short . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( short [ ] ) value ) ; } else if ( componentType == byte . class ) { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( byte [ ] ) value ) ; } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( ) ; } } else { return ArraysUtil . toStringArray ( ( Object [ ] ) value ) ; } }
Converts an array object to array of strings where every element of input array is converted to a string . If input is not an array the result will still be an array with one element .