toArray function of ArrayList

[Rekha Gaikwad]

I am trying to use toArray function of ArrayList..but get an NullPointerException. My code is as follow:

ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
a.add(obj1);
a.add(obj2);
a.add(obj3);
a.add(obj4);
a.add(obj5);

Object obj[] = new Object[5];
obj = (obj[])a.toArray();

After last line I get NullPointer Exception. Can you explain why?

[Wentao Liang]

ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
Object[] obj = new Object[5];
a.add(obj[0]);
a.add(obj[1]);
a.add(obj[2]);
a.add(obj[3]);
a.add(obj[4]);


obj = (Object[])a.toArray();//change
Atention bj[i]

[michael warren]

I tried your code and it didn't compile - so can't explain how you get a null pointer exception

Don't think (obj[]) a.toArray() makes sense - what do you expect it to do ?

obj = a.toArray() works fine in code below (have replaced object with Strings just for simplicity in example)

 
ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
a.add("obj1");
a.add("obj2");
a.add("obj3");
a.add("obj4");
a.add("obj5");
 
Object obj[] = new Object[5];
obj = a.toArray();
for(Object o  :-o	  bj){
System.out.println( o );
}
   

[ October 06, 2007: Message edited by: michael warren ]

[Rekha Gaikwad]

I am trying to get array of objects from ArrayList into Objects array. I have just written a sample code. I am using arrayList because I don't know the size of array when I define array for Object. After collecting all objects into an arraylist I want to pass it to Object's array.
I though using toArray() function will help. If you have any example of how to use toArray function without getting any error,it would be great help.

[Henry Wong]

I though using toArray() function will help. If you have any example of how to use toArray function without getting any error,it would be great help.

I think the issue here is that we don't know how you even got your code to compile -- much less get an NPE.

If you show us the code that generates the NPE (as the code you've shown us can't), we can help you figure out what is wrong.

Henry