Most concise way to convert a Set<T> to a List<T>

java list collections set jdk1.6

Jacques René Mesrine · Feb 23, 2010 · Viewed 213k times · Source

For example, I am currently doing this:

Set<String> setOfTopicAuthors = ....

List<String> list = Arrays.asList( 
    setOfTopicAuthors.toArray( new String[0] ) );

Can you beat this ?

Answer

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(listOfTopicAuthors);